Sec. 1. 10 MRSA c. 226 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 226

BUSINESS WITH BURMA

§1499-A.__Legislative findings

1.__Findings.__The Legislature finds that:

A.__The military junta ruling Burma has violated international standards of public morality, which include violations of human rights agreements that have been cited by the United States Department of State, the United States Department of Labor, the United Nations and the International Labor Organization.__These institutions have found that the military junta of Burma has:

(1)__Used its military power to engage in the systematic imposition of forced labor, forced relocation, torture, rape and persecution of ethnic minorities;

(2)__Ignored the results of the 1990 elections in which many prodemocracy candidates were selected for seats in the government;

(3)__Imprisoned, killed or exiled many of the candidates who were elected;

(4)__Failed to convene a constitutional convention as promised in 1990; and

(5)__Imposed martial law barring freedom of the press, gatherings of more than 5 people and labor and trade union organizing;

B.__The rightfully elected leaders of Burma, exiled Prime Minister Sein Win and Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy, have called upon the world community to impose economic and arms sanctions against the military regime;

C.__That the system of oppression imposed by the military junta is illegal and contrary to international law, including the Abolition of Forced Labor Convention No. 105, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention Against Torture, among other agreements;