,,iii #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 ,,res4 #gce ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,december #ai1 #bjah,mr4 ,markey 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,ms4 ,collins1 and ,mr4 ,merkley7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations ,,resolution ,condemning the mass atrocities committed against the ,rohingya in ,burma and urging accountability for the ,burmese military4 ,whereas1 in recent decades1 the ,rohingya people have lost1 through systematic discrimination by ,burmese national1 state1 and local authorities1 a range of civil and political rights1 including citizenship1 and face barriers today such that they have been rendered stateless2 ,whereas1 beginning on ,august #be1 #bjag1 the ,government of ,burma military and security forces1 as well as civilian mobs1 carried out widespread attacks1 rapes1 killings1 and the burning of villages throughout ,rakhine ,state1 resulting in approximately #gcj1jjj ,rohingya fleeing to ,bangladesh and bringing the total ,rohingya refugee population in ,cox's ,bazar to over #ijj1jjj2 ,whereas international observers widely agree that ,burma has not made progress on the more crucial of the #hh recommendations of the ,rakhine ,advisory ,commission that addresses the root causes of conflict and ensures the rights and dignity of the ,rohingya3 freedom of movement1 civil documentation1 and a transparent pathway to citizenship2 ,whereas1 since the beginning of the violence in ,august #bjag1 humanitarian and media access to ,rakhine ,state has been extremely limited2 ,whereas ,reuters journalists ,wa ,lone and ,kyaw ,soe ,oo were arrested on ,december #ab1 #bjag1 for their work to report on the ,burmese military's violent campaign against the ,rohingya2 ,whereas1 on ,november #ad1 #bjah1 ,vice ,president ,mike ,pence said1 ,this is a tragedy that has touched the hearts of millions of ,americans4 ,the violence and persecution by military and vigilantes that resulted in driving #gjj1jjj ,rohingya to ,bangladesh is without excuse42 ,whereas1 to date1 though the refugee crisis is not of their making1 the ,government of ,bangladesh has accommodated the rapid and massive influx of ,rohingya refugees into ,cox's ,bazar2 ,whereas ,burma's civilian government1 led by ,state ,counsellor ,aung ,san ,suu ,kyi and ,president ,win ,myint1 has yet to take the necessary steps to address the violence directed against the ,rohingya1 has failed to create the necessary conditions for returns 7including by actively impeding access to northern ,rakhine by ,,unhcr1 ,,undp1 humanitarian organizations1 and journalists71 and has failed to fully implement recommendations from the ,rakhine ,advisory ,commission that address the root causes of conflict in ,rakhine2 ,whereas1 on ,august #bg1 #bjah1 the ,united ,nations ,international ,fact ,finding ,mission on ,myanmar released a report stating that1 ,the ,mission concluded ''' that there is sufficient information to warrant the investigation and prosecution of senior officials in the ,tatmadaw chain of command1 so that a competent court can determine their liability for genocide in relation to the situation in ,rakhine ,state42 ,whereas1 on ,august #be1 #bjah1 ,secretary of ,state ,mike ,pompeo stated that a year ago1 following deadly militant attacks1 security forces responded by launching abhorrent ethnic cleansing of ethnic ,rohingya in ,burma1 and continued1 ,the ,u4,s4 will continue to hold those responsible accountable4 ,the military must respect human rights for ,burma's democracy to succeed42 ,whereas1 on ,august #ag1 #bjah1 the ,department of the ,treasury announced sanctions on five ,tatmadaw officers and two ,tatmadaw units for human rights abuses in ,rakhine1 ,kachin1 and ,shan states2 ,whereas1 on ,september #bd1 #bjah1 the ,department of ,state released a report entitled ,documentation of ,atrocities in ,northern ,rakhine ,state that stated the military targeted civilians indiscriminately and often with extreme brutality and that the violence in northern ,rakhine ,state was extreme1 large-scale1 widespread and seemingly geared toward both terrorizing the population and driving out the ,rohingya residents and that the scope and scale of the military's operations indicate that they were well-planned and coordinated2 ,whereas1 on ,november #bi1 #bjah1 the ,public ,international ,law and ,policy ,group1 which was contracted by the ,department of ,state to collect evidence for the ,department's report1 issued its own report that concluded there is a reasonable basis to conclude that war crimes1 crimes against humanity1 and genocide were committed against the ,rohingya population2 ,whereas the ,united ,nations ,convention on the ,prevention and ,punishment of the ,crime of ,genocide1 signed at ,paris ,december #i1 #aidh1 declares that genocide means any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy1 in whole or in part1 a national1 ethnical1 racial or religious group1 as such3 7a7 ,killing members of the group2 7b7 ,causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group2 7c7 ,deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part2 7d7 ,imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group2 7e7 ,forcibly transferring children of the group to another group and that the following acts shall be punishable3 7a7 ,genocide2 7b7 ,conspiracy to commit genocide2 7c7 ,direct and public incitement to commit genocide2 7d7 ,attempt to commit genocide2 7e7 ,complicity in genocide2 and ,whereas the ,united ,states ,holocaust ,memorial announced on ,december #c1 #bjah1 that there is compelling evidence that ,burmese authorities have intentionally sought to destroy the ,rohingya people because of their ethnic and religious identity1 and concluded there was compelling evidence genocide was committed3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 condemns the atrocities and displacement inflicted on ,burma's ,rohingya population by the ,burmese military and security forces since ,august #bjag2 7#b7 calls on the ,secretary of ,state1 based on credible evidence1 to make a formal determination on whether the crimes committed since ,august #bjag1 amount to genocide2 7#c7 commends the role of the ,government of ,bangladesh in receiving ,rohingya refugees to date and urges the ,government of ,bangladesh to continue allowing the full participation of ,,unhcr and human rights organization in accessing refugee camps2 7#d7 calls upon ,facebook and other social media platforms to take the appropriate steps to guard against the dissemination of hate speech exploiting ethnic divisions in ,burma2 7#e7 calls on the ,government of ,burma to immediately release ,reuters journalists ,wa ,lone and ,kyaw ,soe ,oo2 7#f7 urges the ,president to impose additional sanctions on senior members of ,burma's military and security forces1 including ,burmese military owned companies and entities1 who are responsible for genocide and human rights abuses against the ,rohingya2 and 7#g7 calls upon the ,president to maintain the status of the ,united ,states as a top international donor to the humanitarian response in ,burma and ,bangladesh and to submit a budget request for fiscal year #bjbj that reflects that longstanding ,united ,states commitment4