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Wishing you all happiness and good health. I am U Aung Shwe. The 12th of February 2000 is Union Day in our country, Burma. I would like to explain how Union Day began in Burma's history.

Our national hero General Aung San and the ethnic nationality leaders from frontier areas signed the Panlong Agreement on 12 February 1947 in Panlong, Southern Shan State. The purpose of the Panlong Agreement was to reunite the ethnic nationalities in an attempt to gain independence. It was intended to build a federal union when the country gained independence. The Agreement also established the Panglong spirit or the union spirit.

However, the spirit has disappeared in recent days because no genuine federal union emerged. The ethnic nationalities do not trust each other and hatred and hostilities have grown among them. This also is due to the fact that the Burmese Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), dominated by members of the military, drafted and promulgated a unitary system constitution which installed a dictatorial regime rather than establish the federal union that was demanded by the people of Burma.

As a result, the federal spirit has been destroyed. It is very important for all our ethnic nationalities, such as Kachin, Kayah, Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Rakhaing, and Shan, to re-enforce the spirit of unity that existed when the Panlong Agreement was signed in order to prevent the country's disintegration.

The NLD strongly requests and urges all the ethnic nationalities of Burma to rebuild the Panlong spirit or solidarity of ethnic nationalities by joining hand in hand, with courage, firm efforts and objectives, and genuine patriotic spirit. Moreover we believe that in order to achieve unity among the ethnic nationalities, it is necessary to draft a constitution in a democratic manner, acceptable to all people including ethnic nationalities.

Message from U Lwin

A central executive committee member of the NLD

(Altsean-Burma)

I am of Mon nationality. The reason I became involved in the struggle for democracy in Burma was because we needed a democratic system of government and I wanted to stand for the people. I took part in the independence movement led by General Aung San when I was a student at the age of 21.

Our slogan at that time was that independence must be first and final. It meant our one and ultimate goal was independence. After independence, our slogan changed, so that independence was the priority, and democracy had to follow.

When the country became independent, parliamentary democracy was introduced. Unfortunately, the country fell into the hands of the military dictatorship in 1962.

Since the 1988 struggle for democracy, I have been participating in the democracy movement by joining the National League for Democracy (NLD) which is led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of General Aung San. I believe that my actions are those of a noble person who loves his own country. In our democratic struggle, the slogan we have been using until now is democracy is priority, and after democracy, we can address the requirements of states and divisions.

We believe that after we achieve democracy we will be able to discuss our needs among ourselves. As a person, an ethnic Mon, and a patriotic revolutionary, I absolutely believe this slogan.

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