Whereas, on August 25, 2017, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army carried out attacks on Government positions in the state of Rakhine in Burma ( Rakhine State ); Whereas in recent decades the Rohingya people have lost, with the support of the Burmese Government, a range of civil and political rights, including citizenship, and face barriers today such that they are mostly stateless peoples; Whereas since the August 25 attacks, Burma’s military and security forces, as well as private mobs, have carried out attacks resulting in over 600,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh; Whereas Amnesty International described the attacks by stating that Myanmar security forces are setting northern Rakhine State ablaze in a targeted campaign to push the Rohingya people out of Myanmar. ; Whereas the United Nations Security Council has called for an end to the violence and attacks; Whereas the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights has said that the response by the military is grossly disproportionate and a textbook example of ethnic cleansing ; Whereas Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said, This violence must stop, this persecution must stop ; Whereas under Burma’s military-drafted constitution, the country’s military and security services are not subject to civilian rule and only Burma’s Commander-in-Chief, Min Aung Hlaing, can command troops to cease attacks impacting civilians in Rakhine State; Whereas Burma’s civilian Government, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, has not taken necessary steps to address the violence and should take further measures; Whereas the international community had high hopes for Burma’s elected Government and expected that elected officials take action to prevent violence and secure rights; Whereas the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State ( Rakhine Commission ) examined, beginning in 2016, the underlying tensions in Rakhine State and made a series of recommendations including a wide range of suggestions and policy changes dealing with humanitarian aid, citizenship, reconciliation, and peace