,h4 ,,res4 #dah  ,in the ,house of      
,representatives1 ,u4 ,s41  ,may #g1    
#bjad  ,,resolution  ,whereas over      
#hjj1jjj ,rohingya ethnic minority live 
in ,burma1 mostly in the western        
,rakhine state2 ,whereas currently1     
approximately #adj1jjj ,rohingya are    
internally displaced in central ,rakhine
 state and hundreds of thousands have   
fled to neighboring countries1 including
 at least #bca1jjj in ,bangladesh1 at   
least #ae1jjj in ,malaysia1 and many    
more in ,thailand and ,indonesia2       
,whereas the current ,government of     
,burma1 like its predecessors1 continues
 to use the ,burma ,citizenship ,law of 
#aihb to exclude from approved ethnic   
groups the ,rohingya people1 despite    
many having lived in northern ,rakhine  
state for generations1 and has thereby  
rendered ,rohingyas stateless and       
vulnerable to exploitation and abuse2   
,whereas the ,rohingya have historically
 experienced other particularized and   
severe legal1 economic1 and social      

discrimination1 including restrictions  
on travel outside their village of      
residence1 limitations on their access  
to higher education1 and a prohibition  
from working as civil servants1         
including as doctors1 nurses1 or        
teachers2 ,whereas authorities have also
 required ,rohingya to obtain official  
permission for marriages and have       
singled out ,rohingya in northern       
,rakhine state for forced labor and     
arbitrary arrests2 ,whereas the         
,government of ,burma has forcefully    
relocated ,rohingya into relief camps1  
where they lack decent shelter1 access  
to clean water1 food1 sanitation1 health
 care1 the ability to support           
themselves1 or basic education for their
 children2 ,whereas a two-child policy  
sanctioned solely upon the ,rohingya    
population in the districts of ,maungdaw
 and ,buthidaung in northern ,rakhine   
state restricts the rights of women and 
children1 prevents children from        
obtaining ,burmese citizenship1 denies  

,rohingyas access to basic government   
services1 and fosters discrimination    
against ,muslim women by ,buddhist      
nurses and midwives2 ,whereas the       
,united ,states ,department of ,state   
has regularly expressed since #aiii its 
particular concern for severe legal1    
economic1 and social discrimination     
against ,burma's ,rohingya population in
 its ,country ,report for ,human ,rights
 ,practices2 ,whereas the level of      
persecution1 including widespread       
arbitrary arrest1 detention1 and        
extortion of ,rohingya and other ,muslim
 communities1 has dramatically increased
 over the past year and a half2 ,whereas
 communal violence has affected both    
,muslims and ,burma's majority ,buddhist
 population1 but has overwhelmingly     
targeted ,burma's ethnic ,muslim        
minorities1 which altogether comprise   
less than #e percent of ,burma's        
population2 ,whereas violence targeting 
,rohingyas in ,maungdaw and ,sittwe in  
,june and ,july of #bjab resulted in the

 deaths of at least #eg ,muslims and the
 destruction of #a1ccf ,rohingyas homes2
 ,whereas on ,october #bc1 #bjab1 at    
least #gj ,rohingyas were killed1 and   
the ,yan ,thei village of the ,mrauk-,u 
,township was destroyed2 ,whereas the   
,united ,nations ,high ,commissioner for
 ,human ,rights reported possessing     
credible evidence of the deaths of at   
least #dh ,rohingyas in ,du ,chee ,yar  
,tan village in ,maungdaw ,township1    
,rakhine state in ,january #bjad1 and   
human rights groups reported mass       
arrests and arbitrary detention of      
,rohingya in the aftermath of this      
violence2 ,whereas ,burmese officials   
have denied the killings of ,rohingyas  
in ,du ,chee ,yar ,tan village in       
,january #bjad and responded to         
international media coverage of the     
violence with threats against media     
outlets1 including the ,associated      
,press2 ,whereas violence has also      
targeted ,muslims not of ,rohingya      
ethnicity1 including riots in ,march    

#bjac in the town of ,meiktila that     
resulted in the death of at least #dc   
,burmese ,muslims1 including #bj        
students and several teachers massacred 
at an ,islamic school1 the burning of at
 least #hjj homes and #e mosques1 and   
the displacement of #ab1jjj people2     
,whereas on ,october #a1 #bjac1 riots   
involving more than #gjj ,buddhists in  
,thandwe township resulted in the death 
of #d ,kaman ,muslim men and the        
stabbing death of a #id-year-old ,muslim
 woman2 ,whereas over #d1jjj religious1 
public1 and private ,rohingya structures
 have been destroyed2 ,whereas          
,rohingyas have experienced and continue
 to experience further restrictions on  
their practice of ,islam1 culture1 and  
language2 ,whereas the violence against 
ethnic ,muslim populations1 including   
the ,rohingya and other ,muslim groups1 
is part of a larger troubling pattern of
 violence against other ethnic and      
religious minorities in ,burma2 ,whereas
 the ,government of ,burma expelled     

,medecins ,sans ,frontieres from        
,rakhine state1 leaving ,rohingya       
communities and others without access to
 health care and life-saving treatment  
for malaria1 tuberculosis1 and ,,hiv2   
and ,whereas the ,rakhine state         
threatens to ban all unregistered       
nongovernmental organizations from      
operating in ,rakhine state1 severely   
limiting the provision of necessary     
services to ,rohingyas and others in    
need3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the 
,house of ,representatives--  7#a7      
recognizes the initial steps ,burma has 
taken in transitioning from a military  
dictatorship to a quasi-civilian        
government1 including the conditional   
release of some political prisoners1 and
 calls for more progress to be made in  
critical areas of democracy1            
constitutional reform1 and national     
reconciliation in order for ,burma to   
achieve its own goal of political       
liberalization2  7#b7 calls on the      
,government of ,burma to end all forms  

of persecution and discrimination of the
 ,rohingya people and ensure respect for
 internationally recognized human rights
 for all ethnic and religious minority  
groups within ,burma2  7#c7 calls on the
 ,government of ,burma to recognize the 
,rohingya as an ethnic group indigenous 
to ,burma1 and to work with the         
,rohingya to resolve their citizenship  
status2  7#d7 calls on the ,united      
,states ,government and the             
international community to put          
consistent pressure on the ,government  
of ,burma to take all necessary measures
 to end the persecution and             
discrimination of the ,rohingya         
population and to protect the           
fundamental rights of all ethnic and    
religious minority groups in ,burma2 and
  7#e7 calls on the ,united ,states     
,government to prioritize the removal of
 state-sanctioned discriminatory        
policies in its engagement with the     
,government of ,burma4  ,clerk4