Sec. 5. United States Special Coordinator for Burmese Democracy
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There is within the office of the Secretary of State a United States Special Coordinator for Burmese Democracy (in this section referred to as the Special Coordinator ) who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Special Coordinator should develop a comprehensive strategy for the implementation of the full range of United States diplomatic capabilities to promote human rights and the restoration of civilian government in Burma.
The Special Coordinator should, as appropriate, assist in— coordinating the sanctions policies of the United States under the Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2022 ( 22 U.S.C. 10201 et seq. ) with relevant bureaus and offices within the Department of State and other relevant United States Government agencies; promoting a comprehensive international effort to impose and enforce multilateral sanctions with respect to Burma; coordinating with and supporting interagency United States Government efforts, including efforts of the United States Ambassador to Burma, the United States Ambassador to ASEAN, and the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, relating to— identifying opportunities to coordinate with and exert pressure on the governments of the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation to support multilateral action against the Burmese military; working with like-minded partners to impose a coordinated arms embargo on the Burmese military and targeted sanctions on the economic interests of the Burmese military, including through the introduction and adoption of a United Nations Security Council resolution; engaging in direct dialogue with Burmese civil society, democracy advocates, ethnic minority representative groups, and organizations or groups representing the protest movement and the officials elected in 2020, such as the Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the National Unity Government, the National Unity Consultative Council, the Ethnic Resistance Revolutionary Organizations, and their designated representatives; encouraging the United Nations Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar to incorporate accountability mechanisms in relation to the atrocities against Rohingya and other ethnic groups, to take further steps to make its leadership and membership ethnically diverse, and to incorporate measures to enhance ethnic reconciliation and national unity into its policy agenda; assisting efforts by the relevant United Nations Special Envoys and Special Rapporteurs to secure the release of all political prisoners in Burma, promote respect for human rights, and encourage dialogue; and supporting nongovernmental organizations operating in Burma and neighboring countries working to restore civilian democratic rule to Burma and to address the urgent humanitarian needs of the people of Burma; providing timely input for reporting on the impacts of the implementation of the Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2022 on the Burmese military and the people of Burma; and reporting to and coordinating with Congress.
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