Myanmar and International: Call on President Macron and the French Government to refuse to allow TotalEnergies to use exemptions to EU Sanctions,
459 Organizations from 20 countries
June 20, 2022
Myanmar and International civil society organizations urge President Macron and the French Government not to give TotalEnergies the authorizations it needs to bypass EU sanctions on the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE).
We call on the French Government to listen to the voices from inside Myanmar, over 230,000 people, who have demanded sanctions on MOGE. Not a single cent of gas revenues should reach the genocidal junta. Since taking control of MOGE in February 2021, the military has killed over 1,900 people and seized an estimated USD 1.5 billion in gas revenues that it can use to purchase arms and weapons to kill more civilians.
On June 4, the French foreign ministry and the French embassy in Myanmar declared the military’s actions an illegal coup d’etat. The French Senate and National Assembly have said that the junta is not to be recognized as a government. The French Senate instead recognizes the National Unity Government (NUG) to be the legitimate representative of the State of Myanmar.
However, TotalEnergies is treating the genocidal junta as if it were the legitimate government of Myanmar by bankrolling it with gas revenues of hundreds of millions of dollars that can fund its mass atrocities, tyranny and human rights abuses. TotalEnergies’ contracts are with the Myanmar Government, yet – the company is failing to take practical steps to comply with its contracts and divert revenues away from the junta. Instead, TotalEnergies has breached its contracts with the Myanmar Government by transferring millions of dollars each month to the junta since its coup attempt began on Feb 1, 2021.
The genocidal military’s continued access to these revenues enables its brutality and disincentivizes it from ending its failing coup attempt. TotalEnergies has compounded this by completely disregarding its human rights obligations and trying to exit Myanmar in a manner that will ensure that the junta is able to continue misappropriating government assets and will even increase the proportion of revenues that the junta is able to seize through MOGE each month.
According to the terms of EU sanctions on MOGE, TotalEnergies needs the French Government’s approval to authorize continued payments to MOGE (an estimated USD 250 million during TotalEnergies’ six-month withdrawal process), transfer its shares and interest to MOGE, and bring in a new operator (PTTEP) to continue the looting of gas revenues once TotalEnergies exits. In other words, the French government has the ability to stop TotalEnergies from allowing further gas revenues from reaching the criminal junta.
We urge President Macron and the French Government
- To prevent millions of dollars of gas revenues reaching the Myanmar military criminal junta by refusing to authorize TotalEnergies’ use of exemptions to EU sanctions.
- It is imperative that the French government continues to support the Myanmar people’s efforts to end the brutal military dictatorship and build a federal democracy and stop TotalEnergies from funding genocidaires.
President Macron must listen to his own lawmakers and officials and stop capitulating to a corporation that has demonstrated a willingness to disregard the Myanmar people and fund a military junta that is actively engaging in genocide and crimes against humanity.
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The following 459 Myanmar, regional & international organizations, including Civil Society Organizations, Community Based Organizations, Human Rights Organizations, Humanitarian & Charity Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, Strike Committees, Unions and Anonymous Civil Society Organizations endorsed from 20 countries
Endorsed Organizations
- Publish What You Pay (Australia)
- Burmese Canadian Network
- Myanmar Emergency Fund (Canada) MEF Canada
- Myanmar Student Association Ontario
- Educational Initiatives Prague
- Transparency International Czech Republic
- Burmese Community in France
- Doh Atu – Ensemble pour le Myanmar
- Info Birmanie
- Citizens Summons
- FAU (International Committee)
- Free Rohingya Coalition
- Global Movement for Myanmar Democracy (GM4MD)
- MilkTeaAlliance Calendar Team
- MilkTeaAlliance Friends of Myanmar
- Sisters 2 Sister
- CRPH/NUG Support Group India
- Forum for IT-ITES Employees (FITE)
- India For Myanmar
- Myanmar CDM Association
- CRPH & NUG supporters Ireland
- CRPH funding Ireland
- Myanmar people from Ireland
- Ah Nah podcast- conversation with Myanmar
- Association of United Nationality in Japan (AUN)
- Burma Refugee Saving Association (B.R.S.A)
- Chin Community of Japan (CCJ)
- Chin Youth Organization of Japan (CYO-JP)
- Colorfulspring (ရောင်စုံနွေဦး)
- Dawei Youths in Japan (DYJ)
- Dragon Dawn
- Federation of Worker’s Union of Burmese Citizens in Japan (FWUBC)
- GenY For Revolution Japan
- Global Myanmar Spring Revolution (Japan)
- Hope For Youth -Kyushu Japan
- International Society of Myanmar Scholars and Professionals (Japan)
- Japan Myanmar Future Creative Association (JMFCA)
- Kachin Affairs Organization -Japan (KAO (Japan)
- Kansai Group Japan
- Karen National League Japan-KNL
- Karenni National Society (KNS)Japan
- KnowUsMoreMyanmar (KUM)
- Kobe Myanmar Community (KMC)
- League For Democracy in Burma (L.D.B Japan)
- MASBO-Myanmar Active Students & Businesspeople Organization
- Mon Youth For Federal Democracy (MYFD)
- Myanmar Development Support Group (MDSG)
- Myanmar Nationalities’ Support Organization – JP (MNSO)
- Myanmar Spring Revolution Japan (MSRJ)
- Myanmar Tozan Club (MTC)
- Myanmar Youth and Student Association, Japan (MYSA)
- Myanmar’s Youth Association Hokkaido (MYAH)
- Okinawa Myanmar Association (OMA)
- Palaung National Society Japan, PNS-Japan
- People’s Hope Spring Revolution (PHSR)
- Punnyakari Mon National Society Japan,PMNS-Japan
- Revolution Tokyo Myanmar (RTM)
- Shan Community in Japan (SCJ)
- ShizuYouth For Myanmar
- Sone See Yar (Volunteer Group)
- Spring Revolution Restaurant
- Tai Youths Network Japan (TYNJ)
- Try Together At Japan (TTAJ)
- Union of Myanmar Citizen Association – Japan
- Voice For Justice
- We Are One Saga MOSA
- We for All
- We Support
- Yaw Funding Japan
- Yokohama Pamphlet Campaign – Myanmar
- ဂျပန်ပြည်မှ တွဲလက်များ
- 一般社団法人 ミャンマーグローバル支援財団 (MGSF)
- We Love Motherland-MM
- Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization in Malaysia (MERHROM)
- “Do” farmer Organization
- 7 Stars
- 88 Generation Peace & Open Society
- 8888 New Generation (Mohnyin)
- Action Committee for Democracy Development (ACDD)
- Action For Dignity &Development (ADD)
- La. Ka (12) Hta Khwe. Primary Education Student Union
- All Arakan Students’ and Youths’ Congress (AASYC)
- All Burma Federation Trade Unions (ABFTU)
- All Religions Strike Column
- All Sagaing Township Basic Education Students’ Union
- All Schools of Aungmyaythazan Township Strike Group
- Alternative Solutions for Rural Communities (ASORCOM)
- Asia Myanmar Research Institute (AMRI)
- Aung Myay Thar Zan Education Schools Strike Column)
- Aung Myay Tharzan Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Aung Pin Lae Main Strike Column
- Ayeyarwaddy Youths’ Union (AYU)
- Bago Basic Education Students’ Union
- Bank Trade Unions Federation of Myanmar- BTUFM
- BEHS-1,Hpa-An Basic Education Students’ Union
- BEHS-1,Mandalay Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- BEHS-11, Aungmyethazan Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- BEHS-24,Mahaaungmyay Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- BEHS-4,Mandalay Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- BEHS-8, Aungmyethazan Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Blood Money Campaign
- Board of Education Palaw
- Burma Refugee serving association
- CDM Board of Pauk-Khaung Township
- CDM Support Team Mandalay (CSTM)
- Chan Mya Thar Si Township People Strike Column
- Chanayetharsan Basic Education Students’ Union
- Chanmyathazi Township People Strike
- Chin Youth Organization (Matupi)
- Coalition of Mandalay Engineers
- Computer University (Mandalay) Student Union
- Cooperative University Student Strike Column
- Daik-U Basic Education Students’ Union
- Daung Sit Thi
- Dawei Basic Education Students’ Union
- Dawei Development Association
- Dawei Youth’s Revolutionary Movement Strike Committee
- Dawna Tenasserim – IDPs Supply Force
- Democracy, Peace and Women’s Organization-DPW
- Democratic Youth Council
- Demoso Basic Education Students’ Union
- EAR – Enemy Air Route Channel
- Education Family (Anti – Fascists Education Strike Columns Coordination Committee)
- Ethnic Youths General Strike Committee (Mandalay)
- Family Private School Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM)
- Future Thanlwin
- General Strike Committee of Nationalities (GSCN)
- Golden Heart Organization
- Grassroots People
- Hinthada Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Hinthada University Distance Students’ Organization
- HKASHI
- Hlaing Thar Yar Basic Education Students’ Union
- Hopin Basic Education Students’ Union
- Human Right Education Network
- Human Rights Foundation of Monland
- Inter-Faith Strike Column
- Interfaith Youth Coalition on Aids in Myanmar (IYCA-Myanmar)
- Justice For Myanmar
- Kachin Human Rights Watch – KHRW
- Kanbung Youth (Matupi)
- Kanpetlet Land Development Organization
- Karen Human Rights Group
- Karenni State Consultative Council – KSCC
- Katha Basic Education Students’ Union
- Kayan Internally Displacement Supervising Committee (KIDSC)
- Keng Tung Youth
- Khanthar Farmers Network
- Khumzup Local Development Committee
- Kyaikhto Basic Education Students’ Union – KBESU
- Kyaikhto Students’ Union – KSU
- Kyaukse Basic Education Students’ Union
- Kyauktada Strike Committee (KSC)
- Labor Union Federation
- Labutta Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Langkho Basic Education Students’ Union
- Lashio Basic Education Students’ Union
- Launglon Basic Education Students’ Union
- League of Labour Union
- Letpadan Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- LGBTIQ Strike Column
- Maha Aung Myay Township People Collective Strike Column
- Mandalar College Students Strike
- Mandalar University Student Strike Column
- Mandalar University Student Union
- Mandalay Alliance Strike Collective Column
- Mandalay Based People Strike Column
- Mandalay Civil Society Organizations
- Mandalay Computer University Student Union
- Mandalay Engineer Group
- Mandalay Engineer United Force
- Mandalay Kachin Youth (MKY)
- Mandalay People Strike
- Mandalay Poets’ Union
- Mandalay Private University Student Union (MPUSU)
- Mandalay Technical University Student Union
- Mandalay Technology University (MTU) Students Union
- Mandalay Universities, Degree and College Teachers and Staffs Strike
- Mandalay University Alumni Strike
- Mandalay University of Foreign Languages Students Union
- Mandalay University Student Alumni Union
- Mandalay Wholesale Strike Column
- Mandalay Women Strike
- Mandalay Youth Strike Column
- Matu Forum Committee
- Matu Women Association
- Mawkmai Basic Education Students’ Union
- Mawlamyine Basic Education Students’ Union
- Medical Family – Mandalay (MFM)
- Medical University (Mandalay) Student Union
- Meikhtila Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Midwives Training School (Mandalay) Student Union
- MIIT Student Strike Column
- Minbu Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Minority Affairs Institute – MAI (Myanmar)
- Mogaung Basic Education Students’ Union
- Mohnyin Basic Education Students’ Union
- Monywa Basic Education Students’ Union – ABFSU
- MRJ (Maraja)
- Mudon Basic Education Students’ Union
- Muslim Youth Network
- Muslim Youth Union
- Muslim Youths Association
- Mya Taung Strike Column
- Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability – MATA
- Myanmar CDM Association
- Myanmar Information Technology University (Mandalay) Student Union
- Myanmar Institute of Information and Technology (Mandalay) Students Union
- Myanmar People Alliance (Shan State)
- Myanmar Railway, Region (3) CDM Strike Column
- Myanmar Scout Network – MSN
- Myanmar Secret Informations – MSI
- National University of Arts and Culture (Mandalay) Students Union
- National Youth League for Politics and Leadership
- No (12) Basic Education Middle School Student Union
- No (7) Basic Education High School Alumni Strike
- No 7 State High School Alumni Strike Column
- 12 Basic Education Middle School (High Branch) Basic Education Students’ Union
- Northern Spectrum Youth Association
- NRFF – New Rehmonnya Federated Force
- Nursing Training School Students Union (Mandalay)
- Nursing University (Mandalay) Student Union
- Nyaunglebin Basic Education Students’ Union
- Open Development Foundation
- Padaung Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Pan Pa Wash People Strike Column
- Paramedical Technical University (Mandalay) Student Union
- PDG-People Discussion Groups
- PEC Private School Basic Education Students’ Union
- Pharmacy University (Mandalay) Student Union
- Phayagye Peace Strike Column
- Private Pre- school Teachers Association
- Progressive Voice
- Pyay Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Pyay Underground News (PUGN)
- Pyi Gyi Ta Gon Strike
- Pyin Nyar Nan Daw Private School Basic Education Students’ Union
- Pyin Oo Lwin Basic Education Students’ Union
- Pyinmana Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Representing The Arrested People Strike
- Sangha Samaga Strike Column
- Sangha Union Strike Group
- Save and Care Organization for Women at Ethnic Border Areas
- Second Tap Root Org
- Second Tap Root Organization
- Sein Pan Strike
- Shan MATA
- Shan Women Development Network
- Shwechinthae Farmers Network
- Sintgaing Basic Education Students’ Union
- Sitt Nyein Pann Foundation
- Solidarity of Trade Union Myanmar
- Southern Youth Development Organization
- Southern Youth Development Organization
- Spring Revolution Interfaith Network-SRIN
- Spring Revolution Myanmar Muslim Network (SRMMN)
- Strike Column of Representatives of Arbitrarily Arrested People
- Strike Column of Teachers from Universities and Degree Colleges of Mandalay
- Student Union of Mandalay University of Foreign Language
- Ta’ang Women’s Organization
- Taekwando Sport Association
- Taekwondo Federation
- Tampawadi People Strike
- Tanintharyi Nationalities Congress
- Taunggyi Basic Education Students’ Union
- Technological University (Yadanabon Cyber City) Students Union
- Technological University Mandalay (TUM) Students Union
- Tgi Anti-Coup Team
- Tha Pyay Nyo Newsletter
- Thaton Basic Education Students’ Union
- Traditional Medicine (Mandalay) Student Union
- Twitter Team for Revolution
- Uakthon Local Social Development Organization
- Union of Karenni State Youth – UKSY
- University Muslim Students Network – Myanmar
- University of Computer Studies (Mandalay) Students’ Union
- University of Dental Medicine (Mandalay) Students Union
- University of Dentistry (Mandalay) Student Union)
- University of Medical Technology (Mandalay) Students Union
- University of Medicine (Mandalay) Students Union
- University of Nursing (Mandalay) Students Union
- University of Pharmacy (Mandalay) Students Union
- University of Traditional Medicine (Mandalay) Students Union
- University Students’ Union Alumni Force (USUAF)
- VEC Private School Basic Education Students’ Union
- Wetlet Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Winemaw Civil Society Network
- Women Alliance Burma (WAB) အမျိုးသမီးမဟာမိတ်အင်အားစု
- Women Development Society
- Women’s Peace Network
- Wundwin Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Yadanabon University Students Union
- Yangon Medical Network
- Yangon Revolution Force – YRF (Strike)
- Yedashe Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- Youth Development Institute (YDI)
- Youth Network – Tanintharyi
- Youth Poet Union
- Zabuthiri Basic Education Students’ Union-ABFSU
- နယ်စပ်ဒေသရောက်တိုင်းရင်းသူအမျိုးသမီးများကယ်ဆယ်စောင့်ရှောက်ရေး (scoewba)
- Support Group for Democracy in Myanmar (The Netherlands
- 8888 Generation (New Zealand)
- Auckland Kachin Community Inc.
- Auckland Zomi Community
- Burmese Rohingya Welfare Organisation New Zealand
- Chin Community of Auckland
- Citizen of Burma Award- New Zealand
- Federal Myanmar Benevolence Group (NZ)
- Karenni Society New Zealand
- Myanmar Engineers – New Zealand
- Myanmar Gonye (New Zealand)
- Myanmar Students’ Union in New Zealand
- New Zealand Doctors for NUG
- New Zealand Karen Association
- New Zealand Zo Community Inc.
- Overseas Mon Association. New Zealand
- Pyithu Gonye (New Zealand)
- Rohingya Welfare Organisation New Zealand
- Rvwang Community Association New Zealand
- Save Myanmar Fund (New Zealand)
- Shan Community (New Zealand)
- CRPH Support Group (Norway)
- Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID)
- Activists group for Human Rights ‘BARAM’
- Asian Dignity Initiative(ADI)
- Caritas convent
- Caritas Sister of Jesus
- Congregazione delle Suore della Carità
- Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Interreligious Climate and Ecology Network
- JPIC subcommitte of The Association of Major Superiors of Women Religious in Korea
- KOREA MYANMAR SOLIDARATY
- Korean House for International Solidarity
- People’s Initiative for Development Alternatives
- People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD)
- Progressive 3.0
- Salesian sisters (살레시오수녀회)
- Salesian Sisters of St. Don Bosco
- Sisters of NotreDame
- Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help(SOLPH)
- Solidarity for Another World
- The subcommitte of The Association of Major Superiors of Women Religious in Korea
- Karen Swedish Community (KSC)
- Sweden Myanmar Supporting Community
- Taiwan Alliance for Myanmar
- ALTSEAN-Burma
- ETIs Watch Coalition
- ETOs Watch Coalition
- Friends Against Dictatorship (FAD)
- International Women’s Partnership for Peace and Justice
- Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma)
- Spirit in Education Movement (SEM)
- The Mekong Butterfl
- Myanmar Youths Organization
- United States of America (USA)
- Anti Dictatorship in Burma – DC Metropolitan Area (ADB – DC MA)
- Burmese American Millennials
- Campaign for a New Myanmar
- Chin Community of USA, DC Area
- Chin Leaders
- EarthRights International
- Freedom for Burma
- Helping Hands for Burma (H2B)
- International Campaign for the Rohingya
- Karen Organization of America
- Los Angeles Myanmar Movement
- New York City Burmese Community
- No Business with Genocide
- Project Maje
- SAVE MYANMAR
- Save Myanmar (San Francisco)
- Students for Free Burma (SFB)
- US Advocacy Coalition for Myanmar (USACM)
- Unpublic (86) Organizations endorsed for this open letter.
Due to the continuous oppressions and serious human rights abuses of the Military junta and for the safety of the organization’s members, we will not disclose the name of these organizations.
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