Invitation to Perpetual Peace and Diamond Jubilee Union Day

Republic of the Union of Myanmar

State Administration Council

Announcement 1/2022

6^th Waxing of Tabodwe 1383 ME

6 February 2022

Invitation to Perpetual Peace and Diamond Jubilee Union Day

1. The State Administration Council is implementing the five-point Road Map for ensuring stability and development and flourishing the genuine, disciplined multiparty democracy. The government adopted the policy that “emphasis will be placed on achieving enduring peace for the entire nation in line with the agreements set out in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA)” as the fourth point of the Road Map. To do so, the State Administration Council is continuously implementing the peace process as part of emphasizing the peace in line with the NCA.
2. The Tatmadaw issued 20 statements related to ceasefire from 21 December 2018 to 28 February 2022 to conduct ceasefire. After meeting with the Cambodian Prime Minister taking ASEAN alternate chair on his working visit to Myanmar on 7 and 8 January 2022, a joint declaration was issued to continue the ceasefire till the end of this year.
3. The message of greetings 2022 made by the Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister stated, “The year 2022 is of importance. Coming 12 February is the Diamond Jubilee Union Day and the 4 January 2023 will be the Diamond Jubilee Independence Day. As such, this year is the pre-Diamond Jubilee period. Hence, it is important to further strengthen the sovereignty of the State and progress of the nation with development fruits. So, we have to start the new paces for restoration of the peace this year. As it is mentioned in the fourth point of the five-point road map, all stakeholders and organizations are invited to join the peace talks.” Although Myanmar has regained 75 years, the strengthening of sovereignty and development of the nation do not have improvement as expected due to occurrences of internal armed conflicts and the country loses the strength and capabilities. It is necessary to restore the perpetual peace to apply these strength and capabilities for the State development at full capacity.
4. Restoration of the perpetual peace is very important for building the Union based on democracy and federalism. In this regard, the majority of political parties focused their discussions on construction of the Union based on democracy and federalism within five years. The National Unity and Peace Restoration Central Committee, the work committee and the coordination committee were formed for working the national unity and perpetual peace. The peace negotiation committee has so far held meetings with NCA signatories 16 times, non-NCA signatories nine times, political parties seven times and religious leaders and peace negotiators two times, totalling 34.
5. The State Administration Council is arranging the management for holding meetings with ethnic armed organizations for restoring the perpetual peace. Except the groups declared as terrorist groups, the government invited not only NCA signatory ethnic armed organizations but also non-NCA signatory ethnic armed organizations to talks the perpetual peace. The schedule was especially expressed that the meetings would not be pre-restricted for topics of the talks with the aim of freely exchanging views among them.
6. Among three future tasks of the State, two national tasks are “to ensure prosperity of the State and the food sufficiency and the two political tasks are “to strengthen the genuine, disciplined multiparty democracy and build the Union based on democracy and federalism.” As such, the new steps will be made for the peace as of this year as part of implementing the process for ensuring the integration of peace and sovereignty.
7. It is necessary to focus on talking the perpetual peace through seeking the way to solve answer in negotiation in accord with the democratic practices in order to politically solve the political problems in successive eras as internal affairs of our country. On the occasion coincided with the Diamond Jubilee Union Day, all ethnic armed organizations are specially invited to the Diamond Jubilee Union Day grand ceremony as well as the pre-coordination meeting on perpetual peace talks to build the Union based on democracy and federalism during the ceremony of the Diamond Jubilee Union Day. The entire ethnic national people are requested to negotiate all stakeholders to attend the free and unrestricted peace talks and the Diamond Jubilee Union Day for restoration of the perpetual peace of the government.

State Administration Council