Sec. 5. United States Special Envoy for Burma
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The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Special Envoy for Burma, who shall have the rank and status of ambassador and who shall be responsible for coordinating all aspects of United States policy with respect to Burma. The Special Envoy should develop a comprehensive strategy for the implementation of the full range of United States diplomatic capabilities to promote the restoration of peace and a civilian-led democratic government in Burma.
The Special Envoy shall also— coordinate 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. ) and other relevant statutory authorities across relevant Federal departments and agencies; develop and implement a comprehensive international effort to impose and enforce multilateral sanctions with respect to Burma; lead interagency United States Government efforts, including efforts of the Chief of Mission in Burma, the Ambassador to ASEAN, the Ambassador to Bangladesh, the Ambassador to India, 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 cease or curtail support for 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 Burmese civil society, democracy advocates, ethnic nationality representative groups, and organizations or groups representing the resistance and revolutionary movement, as well as 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 Procedures to secure the release of all political prisoners in Burma, promote respect for human rights, seek accountability, and encourage dialogue; working with the governments of India, Bangladesh, and other countries as appropriate to address challenges in Western Burma, including issues related to atrocity crimes, refugees and displaced persons, cross-border humanitarian assistance and trade, trafficking in persons, illicit trafficking of narcotics and weapons, or other transnational threats to regional peace and security; and supporting nongovernmental organizations operating in Burma and neighboring countries working to restore civilian democratic rule to Burma, address the urgent humanitarian needs of the people of Burma, and build resilience against malign foreign influence in support of the military regime; coordinate all streams of United States assistance to the people of Burma until such time as the United States normalizes diplomatic relations with Burma; provide 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 report to and coordinate with Congress.
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