TO:

The Defence Ministers of
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China,
India, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines,
Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam,

CC:

The Defence Ministers of
Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand,
United States

15 August 2023

Subject:  Request to cancel or refuse to attend ADMM-Plus military training exercises involving the Myanmar military junta

Dear Defence Ministers,

We, the undersigned 551 Myanmar regional and international organisations and allies are writing this open letter to urge ASEAN Member State governments to:

1. cancel the upcoming ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus Experts’ Working Group on Counter Terrorism (ADMM-Plus EWG) training exercises under the co-chairmanship of the Myanmar military junta and Russia;
2. exclude Myanmar military junta members from all ADMM-Plus meetings and activities.

If the Myanmar military is not excluded from ADMM-Plus activities, we appeal to ASEAN Member State governments and Dialogue Partners to:

3. publicly refuse to attend all ADMM-Plus activities with the Myanmar military.

As you know, the ADMM-Plus EWG is currently being co-chaired by the Myanmar military junta and Russia, who are organising a field training exercise in Russia in September and have already held a tabletop exercise in Myanmar in August. The planned training exercise in Russia appears to include a simulation that involves trying to defeat ‘terrorists’ from a border area. This would provide direct support to the Myanmar military junta to improve its capacity to wage war against the people of Myanmar and its attempts to control them by force, while simultaneously also providing support to the Russian military to continue its atrocities against the people of Ukraine. This contradicts the ASEAN Charter, which states adherence to the principles of peaceful settlement of disputes, democracy, respect for and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.[i] The fact that ASEAN is providing military support to the Myanmar military junta while the junta is waging a campaign of terror against the people of Myanmar further damages the bloc’s credibility.

We underline the fact that the Myanmar military junta is not, by any definition, a government and therefore has no legitimacy to represent the people of Myanmar in ASEAN or ADMM-Plus meetings and activities. For decades, the Myanmar military has committed international crimes against democratic forces and civilians under the pretext of ‘counter terrorism’. Since the failed coup attempt, the junta has deceitfully and arbitrarily designated the democratically elected National Unity Government (NUG), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), and the People’s Defence Forces (PDFs) as “terrorists”.[ii] The junta itself, however, meets the criteria for a terrorist organization under both domestic and international law,[iii] and does not have any legitimacy to chair a counter terrorism platform or host counter terrorism exercises.

Over the past 30 months, the military junta has engaged in a campaign of extreme violence against the people of Myanmar. To date, the military has killed 3,897 people and imprisoned 19,740 more.[iv] The military has committed indiscriminate airstrikes, shelling, mass torture, sexual violence and other horrific acts of violence. Their war crimes and crimes against humanity have forced 1.6 million people to flee their homes[v] since the attempted coup began. Thus, it must also be understood that the military junta is not a professional armed force under civilian control that defends the people of Myanmar from external threats.

The junta’s ability to gain and retain power depends on violence, coercion, access to funds, arms and other resources, and importantly, the complicity of international governments. Through ADMM and ADMM-Plus, ASEAN Member States and Dialogue Partners are falsely lending legitimacy to the junta’s ‘defence ministry’ and emboldening both the Myanmar junta and Russia to commit further international crimes with blanket impunity.

We welcome the decisions of Australia, New Zealand and the United States to not participate in the recent tabletop training in Myanmar or the upcoming training in Russia.[vi] We also note that Japan, Singapore and South Korea are not present in photographs of the training in Myanmar published by those involved.[vii] [viii] ADMM has also previously excluded the junta’s defence minister, Mya Tun Oo, from participation in ministerial meetings in November 2022.[ix] We call on all ASEAN Member States and Dialogue Partners to take responsibility in responding to the crisis in Myanmar by taking the actions described at the beginning of this letter.

On July 28, Defend Myanmar Democracy – a civil society campaign to defend Myanmar people’s right to democratic representation internationally – wrote to ASEAN and ADMM leaders urging them to cancel the counter-terrorism training sessions hosted by the military junta and Russia this year. To date, no response has been received and preparation for the training appears to be continuing. Consequently, we urge you, as the defence ministers of ASEAN Member States and Dialogue Partners, to exert your strong influence in support of Myanmar people’s human rights and fundamental safety.

This letter reiterates similar appeals from Myanmar civil society organisations[x] [xi] [xii] and regional parliamentarians[xiii] calling on ASEAN leaders to exclude Myanmar military junta representatives from ASEAN’s meetings at all levels and to take other actions to effectively address the Myanmar crisis, as well as calling on ASEAN Dialogue Partners to boycott ADMM-Plus defence meetings. This request also echoes the concerns raised recently by the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr Thomas Andrews, in his oral update to the UN Human Rights Council[xiv] and in his statement on his mission to Indonesia[xv]. The Special Rapporteur recommends that ASEAN must not allow Myanmar military junta personnel to participate in any ASEAN meetings, especially defence-related ones. He also calls on ASEAN Member States to: “not attend if the invitations to the junta military personnel are not rescinded.”[xvi]

We look forward to your positive response and hope to see ASEAN Member States and Dialogue Partners take immediate action.

Sincerely,

This letter is endorsed by 551 organisations representing Myanmar regional and international civil society, including the 298 organisations listed below and 253 organisations which have chosen not to disclose their names below.

List of organisations:

1. 5/ of Zaya State Strike
2. 8888 Generation (New Zealand)
3. Action Against Myanmar Military Coup (AAMMC)
4. Action Committee for Democracy Development
5. Action Committee of Basic Education Students (ACBES)
6. Ah Nah Podcast – Conversations with Myanmar
7. All Arakan Youth Organization
8. All Aung Myay Thar San Schools Strike Force
9. All Burma Democratic Face in New Zealand
10. All Burma Federation of Student Unions (Monywa District)
11. All Burma Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance
12. All Burma Student Democratic Front (ABSDF) – Australia Branch
13. All Young Burmese League (AYBL)
14. Alliance of Students’ Union – Yangon (ASU-Yangon)
15. ALTSEAN-Burma
16. Anti-coup Forces Coordination Committee (ACFCC -Mandalay)
17. Anti-Junta Alliance Yangon-AJAY
18. Anti-Myanmar Military Dictatorship Network (Australia)
19. Arakan CSO Network
20. ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)
21. ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship
22. Asia Democracy Network
23. Asia Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC)
24. Assistance Association for Political Prisoners
25. Association of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters
26. Association Suisse – Birmanie
27. Associazione per l’amicizia Italia Birmania “Giuseppe Malpeli”
28. Athan – Freedom of Expression Activist Organization
29. Auckland Kachin Community NZ
30. Auckland Zomi Community
31. Aung San Suu Kyi Park Norway
32. Australian Karen Organisation (AKO)
33. Awaz Foundation Pakistan: Centre for Development Services (AwazCDS)
34. AWDO (Nagphe)
35. A-Yar-Taw People Strike
36. Ayeyarwaddy West Development Organisation. AWDO (Magway)
37. BAHAN Scout & News Channel
38. Basic Education Branch High School (Maharaungmyay) Students’ Union
39. Basic Education General Strike Committee (BEGSC)
40. Basic Education Students & Youths Association (BESYA)
41. Basic Education Worker Unions – Steering Committee (BEWU-SC)
42. Bir Duino -Kyrgyzstan
43. Blood Money Campaign
44. Botahtaung Scout Channel
45. Burma Action Ireland
46. Burma Campaign UK
47. Burma Civil War Museum (BCM)
48. Burma Environmental Working Group
49. Burma Lawyer Council (BLC)
50. Burmese Community Development Collaboration (BCDC)
51. Burmese Community Group (Manawatu, NZ)
52. Burmese Community Support Group (BCSG)
53. Burmese Medical Association Australia (BMAA)
54. Burmese Rohingya Welfare Organisation New Zealand
55. Burmese Women’s Union
56. CDM Medical Network (CDMMN)
57. Central European Institute of Asian Studies
58. Chanmyatharzi Township People’s Strike
59. Chaung Oo Township Youth Strike Committee
60. Chin Community in Norway
61. Chin Community of Auckland
62. Chindwin (West) Villages Women Strike
63. Citizen of Burma Award – New Zealand
64. Civil Information Network (CIN)
65. Civil Society Organizations Coordination Committee (Monywa)
66. Coalition Strike Committee – Dawei
67. Connect {コネクト}
68. Co-operative University Mandalay Students’ Strike
69. Creative Home
70. CRPH Funding Ireland
71. CRPH Support Group
72. CRPH, NUG Support Team Germany- Deutschland
73. Dagon Seikkan News
74. Daung Sitthe Strike
75. Dawei (Ashaetaw) Women Strike
76. Dawei Youths in Japan
77. Dawei Youths Revolutionary Movement Strike Committee
78. Defence of Human Rights (Pakistan)
79. Democracy, Peace and Women’s Organization
80. Democratic Party for a New Society, Norway
81. Depayin Township Revolution Steering Committee
82. Depayin Women Strike
83. Doh Atu – Ensemble pour le Myanmar
84. Dragon Dawn
85. Dunedin Myanmar Community New Zealand
86. Educational Initiatives Prague
87. Enemy Air Route Channel
88. Equality Myanmar
89. Ethnic Youth General Strike Committee (Mandalay)
90. Federal Myanmar Benevolence Group (NZ)
91. Federal Myanmar-Japan
92. Federation of Workers’ Union of the Burmese Citizen in Japan (FWUBC)
93. Former Political Prisoners and New Generation Group – Monywa
94. Free Rohingya Coalition
95. Freedom and Labor Action Group (FLAG)
96. Future Light Center
97. Future Thanlwin
98. Gangaw Women Strike
99. General Strike Collaboration Committee (GSCC)
100. General Strike Committee of Basic and Higher Education (GSCBHE)
101. General Strike Committee of Nationalities – GSCN
102. Generation Wave
103. GenY For Revolution Japan
104. Global Myanmar Spring Revolution
105. Global Myanmar Spring Revolution (Japan)
106. Global Myanmar Spring Revolution (Korea)
107. Grass-root People
108. HSC (Hlaing Scout Channel)
109. Human Rights Educators Network
110. Human Rights Foundation of Monland
111. India For Myanmar
112. Industrial Training Centre (ITC) Family Sydney
113. Industries Strike
114. Info Birmanie
115. Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID)
116. Integria, z.u. (Czech Republic)
117. International Association, Myanmar – Switzerland (IAMS)
118. International Society of Myanmar Scholars and Professionals (ISMSP)
119. Japan Myanmar Future Creative Association
120. Japan Myanmar Help Network – JMHN (comprising over 40 youth groups in Japan)
121. Justice for Myanmar
122. Kachin Association Australia (KAA)
123. Kachin Association Norway
124. Kachin State Civilian Movement_KSCM
125. Kachin Student Union
126. Kachin Women’s Association Thailand
127. Kalay Township Strike Force
128. Kalay Women Strike
129. Kamayut Information – KMYINFO/ Kamayut Information Scout Channel – KISC
130. Karen Human Rights Group
131. Karen Peace Support Network
132. Karen Swedish Community (KSC)
133. Karen Women’s Organization
134. Karenni Association – Norway
135. Karenni Civil Society Network
136. Karenni National Women’s Organization
137. Karenni Society New Zealand
138. Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Centre
139. Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law
140. K’cho Ethnic Association
141. Keng Tung Youth
142. Kyain Seikgyi Spring Revolution Leading Committee
143. Kyauktada Strike Committee
144. Latha/Lanmadaw Scout Channel
145. Latpadaung Region Strike Committee
146. LGBT Alliance
147. LGBT Alliance Myanmar (Kalay Region)
148. LGBT Alliance Myanmar (Kyaukse Region)
149. LGBT Community Yangon
150. LGBT Union – Mandalay
151. Madaripur Legal Aid Association (MLAA), Bangladesh
152. MAGGA Initiative
153. Magway People’s Revolution Committee
154. Maharaungmyay Township People’s Strike
155. Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN)
156. Mandalar University Students’ Strike
157. Mandalay Alliance Coalition Strike
158. Mandalay Medical Family (MFM)
159. Mandalay Strike Force (MSF)
160. Mandalay Women Strike
161. Mandalay Youth Strike
162. Mandalay-based People’s Strike
163. Mandalay-Based University Students’ Unions (MDY_SUs)
164. Manushya Foundation
165. Matu Chin Community – NSW/UPU Chin Association
166. MayMyo Strike Force
167. Metta Campaign
168. Min Hla farmers Group
169. Minbu farmers Group
170. Mindat Chin Community NSW
171. Mon National Council (MNC)
172. Mon Youth For Federal Democracy
173. Monywa LGBT Strike
174. Monywa People’s Strike Steering Committee
175. Monywa Women Strike
176. Monywa-Amyint Road Strike Leading Committee
177. Monywa-Amyint Road Women Strike
178. Multi-Religions Strike
179. Muslim Youth Network
180. Mya Taung Strike
181. Myanmar Action Group Denmark
182. Myanmar Campaign Network
183. Myanmar Catholic Community in Norway
184. Myanmar Community Christchurch New Zealand
185. Myanmar Community Coffs Harbour (MCC)
186. Myanmar Community in Norway
187. Myanmar Cultural Research Society (MCRS)
188. Myanmar Diaspora Group Finland
189. Myanmar Engineers – New Zealand
190. Myanmar Global Support Foundation (MGSF)
191. Myanmar Gonye (New Zealand)
192. Myanmar Hindu Community – Norway
193. Myanmar Institute of Information Technology Students’ Strike
194. Myanmar Labor Alliance (MLA)
195. Myanmar People Alliance (Shan State)
196. Myanmar Refugee Policy Group (MRPG)
197. Myanmar Students’ Union in New Zealand
198. Myanmar Teachers’ Federation
199. Myaung Youth Network
200. Myingyan Civillian Movement Committee
201. National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), Pakistan
202. National League for Democracy (Monywa Township)
203. Nelson Myanmar Community New Zealand
204. Netherlands Myanmar Solidarity Platform
205. Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma)
206. Network of University Student Unions – Monywa
207. New Zealand Doctors for NUG
208. New Zealand Karen Association
209. New Zealand Zo Community Inc.
210. NLD Organization Committee (International) Norway
211. NLD Solidarity Association (NSW chapter)
212. Norway Falam Community
213. Norway Matu Community
214. Norway Rvwang Community
215. NRFF – New Rehmonnya Federated Force
216. NSW Karenni (Kayah) Communities
217. NUG and CRPH Supporters Ireland
218. Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica
219. Overseas Mon Association. New Zealand
220. Padauk Finland-Myanmar Association
221. Pale Township People’s Strike Steering Committee
222. PAZUNDAUNG Tsp [Scout & News]
223. People’s Hope Spring Revolution
224. People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD)
225. Perhimpunan Bantuan Hukum dań Hak Asasi Mamusia Indonesia (PBHI) / Indonesia Legal Aid and Human Rights Association
226. Progressive Voice
227. Psychological Responsiveness NGO, Mongolia
228. Public Association “Dignity”
229. Pwintphyu Development Organisation
230. Pyi Gyi Tagon Strike Force
231. Representative Committee of University Teacher Associations (RC of UTAs)
232. Research Center (KIRDARC) Nepal
233. Rohingya Action Ireland
234. Rohingya Community in Norway
235. Rvwang Community Association New Zealand
236. Samgha Sammaga-Mandalay
237. Sanchaung Scout Channel
238. Save and Care Organization for Women at Border Areas
239. Save Myanmar Fundraising Group (New Zealand)
240. Seinpann Strike
241. Shan Communities Network
242. Shan Community (New Zealand)
243. Shan MATA
244. Shizuyouth For Myanmar
245. Shwe Pan Kone People’s Strike Steering Committee
246. Sitt Nyein Pann Foundation
247. South Okkala Area Channel
248. Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet)
249. Southern Dragon Myanmar
250. Southern Youth Development Organization
251. Spring Friends
252. Swedish Burma Committee
253. Sydney Friends For Myanmar Unity
254. Ta’ang Women’s Organization
255. Tanintharyi MATA
256. Tanintharyi Nationalities Congress – TNC
257. Taze Strike Commitee
258. Taze Women Strike
259. Tenasserim Student Union’s Network -TSUN
260. TGK Bulletin Channel
261. Thakhin Kodaw Mhine Peace Network (Monywa)
262. Thayat Chaung Women Strike
263. The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (Monywa)
264. The Korean Civil Society in Support of Democracy in Myanmar (106 CSOs)
265. Think Centre (Singapore)
266. Thint Myat Lo Thu Myar Organization
267. Twitter Team for Revolution (TTFR)
268. U.S. Campaign for Burma
269. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
270. Universities Kachin Literature and Culture Association- Yangon
271. University Students’ Unions Alumni Force
272. Voice For Justice
273. Volunteers in Myanmar
274. We For All
275. We Pledge CDM (Australia)
276. Wellington Chin Community (New Zealand)
277. Wetlet Revolution Leading Committee
278. Wetlet Twonship Women Strike
279. White Coat Society Yangon (WCSY)
280. Women Activists Myanmar
281. Women Alliance Burma (WAB)
282. Women’s League of Burma
283. WOREC, Nepal
284. Yadanabon University Students’ Union (YDNBUSU)
285. Yangon Women Strike
286. Yasakyo Township People`s Strike Steering Committee
287. Yaw Funding Japan
288. Yayasan Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Indonesia (YLBHI) / Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation
289. Yinmarpin and Salingyi All Villages Strike Committee
290. Yokohama Pamphlet Campaign – Myanmar
291. Youth for Democratization of Myanmar (UDM)
292. Youth Heart Beams
293. Zomi Association Australia Inc.
294. Zomi Christian Fellowship of Norway
295. Zomi Community Norway
296. ဒို့မြေကွန်ရက် – LIOH
297. ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်လူငယ်ကောင်စီ
298. ပွင့်ဖြူလယ်ယာမြေကွန်ရက်

This letter is addressed to the following Defence Ministers:

• His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ’Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Prime Minister / Minister of Defence / Minister of Finance and Economy / Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brunei Darussalam
• General Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of National Defence, Cambodia
• H.E. General Li Shangfu, State Councilor and Minister of National Defence, China
• H.E. Shri Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence, Republic of India
• H.E. Hamada Yasukazu, Minister of Defence, Japan
• H.E. Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath, Minister of Defence, Laos
• The Hon. Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan, Minister of Defence, Malaysia
• Atty. Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr., The Honorable Secretary of National Defense, Philippines
• H.E. Lee Jong-sup, Minister of National Defense, Republic of Korea
• H.E. Dr. Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Defence, Singapore
• H.E. Gen. (Ret.) Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister / Minister of Defence, Thailand
• H.E. Gen. Phan Văn Giang, Minister of National Defence, Vietnam

Copies of this letter have also been sent to the following Defence Ministers:

• H.E. Lieutenant General (Ret.) Prabowo Subianto, Chairman of ADMM & ADMM-Plus / Minister of Defence, Indonesia
• The Hon. Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia
• Hon. Andrew Little, Minister of Defence, New Zealand
• Hon. Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense, United States

[i] Association of South East Asian Nations, The ASEAN Charter, 2008, https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/archive/publications/ASEAN-Charter.pdf

[ii] Sebastian Strango, ‘Myanmar Junta Labels Shadow Government ‘Terrorists’’, The Diplomat, 10 May 2021, https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/myanmar-junta-labels-shadow-government-terrorists/

[iii] Special Advisory Council Myanmar, Briefing Paper: The Myanmar Military is a Terrorist Organization Under Law, 14 December 2021, https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/12/briefing-paper-the-myanmar-military-is-a-terrorist-organisation-under-law/

[iv] Assistance Association For Political Prisoners (Burma), Daily briefing, 7 August 2023, https://aappb.org/?p=25868

[v] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Myanmar Humanitarian Update No. 31, 15 July 2023, https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/myanmar-humanitarian-update-no-31-15-july-2023?_gl=1*m6gzo1*_ga*NzAzODY5MTY2LjE2NzcxMzUxMzA.*_ga_E60ZNX2F68*MTY4OTgxNzE3OS4xMi4wLjE2ODk4MTcxNzkuNjAuMC4w

[vi] Myanmar Now, ‘Russia and Myanmar junta to host ASEAN counter-terrorism exercises despite boycott by dialogue partners’, Myanmar Now, 22 June 2023, https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/russia-and-myanmar-junta-to-host-asean-counter-terrorism-exercises-despite-boycott-by-dialogue-partners/

[vii] Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, ‘Counter-terrorism drills with the participation of ASEAN member countries and Dialogue Partners (ADMM plus) began in Myanmar’, 3 August 2023, https://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12474571@egNews

[viii] Global New Light of Myanmar, ‘Successful conclusion of ADMM-Plus Counter-Terrorism tabletop exercise bolstering regional security’, 5 August 2023, https://www.gnlm.com.mm/successful-conclusion-of-admm-plus-counter-terrorism-tabletop-exercise-bolstering-regional-security/

[ix] Tan Hui Lee, ‘Myanmar junta snubbed at Asean defence chiefs’ meet’, Straits Times, 23 November 2022, https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-junta-snubbed-at-asean-defence-chiefs-meet

[x] Progressive Voice, Forum Asia & ALTSEAN, ‘ASEAN must stop enabling Myanmar junta’s atrocities’ [statement], 16 May 2023, https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2023/05/16/asean-must-stop-enabling-myanmar-juntas-atrocities/

[xi] Progressive Voice & Forum Asia, ‘Myanmar: ASEAN leaders must take decisive steps, stop aiding and abetting junta’s atrocity crimes’ [press release], 9 November 2022, https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2022/11/09/myanmar-asean-leaders-must-take-decisive-steps-stop-aiding-and-abetting-juntas-atrocity-crimes/

[xii] 448 Myanmar regional and international organizations, ‘United States: Open letter to ADMM dialogue partner’ [open letter], 14 July 2022, https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2022/07/14/open-letter-to-admm-dialogue-partner/

[xiii] ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, ‘ASEAN must exclude Myanmar junta from all joint military exercises, Southeast Asian MPs say’ [statement], 28 July 2023, https://aseanmp.org/2023/07/28/asean-must-exclude-myanmar-junta-from-all-joint-military-exercises-southeast-asian-mps-say/

[xiv] Thomas Andrews, Oral update to the United Nations Human Rights Council – 53nd Session, 6 July 2023, https://www.bit.ly/44dIP2Z

[xv] Thomas Andrews, End of Mission Statement, 21 June 2023, https://bangkok.ohchr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ENG-21.06.2023-UNSR-Myanmar-EoM-Statement-FINAL.pdf

[xvi] Thomas Andrews, End of Mission Statement, 21 June 2023, https://bangkok.ohchr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ENG-21.06.2023-UNSR-Myanmar-EoM-Statement-FINAL.pdf

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