We expect the Government of Burma to keep its commitments in each of these areas.
The reformist government of Burma has abolished a 25-year-old ban on public gatherings of more than five people.
My Administration will continue to support the Government of Burma in its efforts to work toward international standards for economic growth, responsible governance, and human rights.
The actions and policies of the Government of Burma continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.
So we will continue to speak clearly about the steps that must be taken for the government of Burma to have a better relationship with the United States.
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Last month, as part of our effort to fulfill that promise, the Obama administration held the first-ever official bilateral dialogue on human rights with the Government of Burma.
The Government of Burma has made progress towards political reform in a number of areas, including by releasing hundreds of political prisoners, pursuing ceasefire talks with several armed ethnic groups, and pursuing a substantive dialogue with the democratic opposition.
The President also declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of the Government of Burma.
On May 20, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 13047, certifying to the Congress under section 570(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208), that the Government of Burma had committed large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in Burma after September 30, 1996, thereby invoking the prohibition on new investment in Burma by United States persons contained in that section.
The various moves on sanctions come amid a process of reform in Burma that began with the election of a military-backed nominally civilian government in November 2010 that ended decades of military rule.
U.S. companies beginning to get into the mix in Burma, which we think is good for our own economy, but also is also going to be good for the development of a private sector within Burma that can create a broader base of prosperity in a country where the government controlled so much of the economy in the past.
Autocracies like China and Russia are not in the business of putting pressure on other autocracies like the government in Burma or the government in Darfur or in Zimbabwe or in Iran.
But the escalation of fighting in Kachin in recent weeks has brought international condemnation, and raised questions about the extent of civilian government control over the armed forces, who ruled Burma for decades.
But the escalation of fighting in Kachin in recent weeks has not only brought international condemnation, but also raised questions about the extent of civilian government control over the armed forces, who ruled Burma for decades.
The conflict is being seen as one of the biggest tests facing Burma's new civilian government as it attempts to reform the country.
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Burma's military-backed civilian government has started a series of reforms to open up the country.
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While much of the world refers to the Asian nation west of Thailand as Myanmar, the U.S. government still calls it Burma.
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Burma has seen a series of dramatic reforms since the nominally civilian government under Thein Sein came to power last year.
Burma has launched a series of reforms since establishing a nominally civilian government in 2011, ending almost 50 years of military rule.
Opening up greater economic engagement between our two countries is critical to supporting reformers in government and civil society, facilitating broad-based economic development, and bringing Burma out of isolation and into the international community.
Burma installed a nominally civilian government in March 2011, ending almost half a century of military rule.
Burma has undergone a series of political reforms initiated by the military-backed government.
President Thein Sein, Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma continue to make significant progress along the path to democracy, and the government has continued to make important economic and political reforms.
Even the country's name is an issue, as White House press secretary Jay Carney explained: U.S. policy is to call it Burma, but the U.S. government has begun to allow limited use of Myanmar as a diplomatic courtesy.
So, to the consternation of the government, military and security agencies, casinos are cropping up all around the area in Burma, Laos and Cambodia.
Burma's new military-backed civilian government - which has embarked on a series of reforms since elections in November 2010 - has pledged to resolve conflicts in border areas with ethnic minority groups.
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