; and Whereas, in December 2022, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2669 on Burma, the first resolution on Burma since the country was admitted as a member state in 1948, calling for the immediate end to all forms of violence and urging restraint and the release of all prisoners: Now, therefore, be it Whereas, on February 1, 2021, Burma’s military regime and its aligned Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) conducted a coup against the civilian government of Burma hours before Parliament was to convene in a new session, resulting in the military junta illegally detaining State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint, and members of Parliament, as well as pro-democracy activists from the 88 Generation and other civil society leaders; Whereas, since February 1, 2021, Burma’s military regime has detained more than 13,000 people for exercising their rights of freedom of speech and assembly and killed more than 2,800 civilians, including children; Whereas Burma’s military regime put the democratically elected civilian leadership of Burma, including President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, through sham trials for fabricated crimes and sentenced them to lengthy prison terms in order to remove them from political competition; Whereas, in March 2023, Burma’s military regime-controlled Union Election Commission abolished 40 political parties on legally spurious grounds, including the National League for Democracy; Whereas Burma’s military regime has become one of the world’s largest detainer of journalists, with over 100 journalists imprisoned since the coup; Whereas the actions of Burma’s military regime have driven hundreds of thousands from their homes and driven thousands to flee across Burma’s borders into Thailand, India, and Bangladesh