§10223 Sanctions and Policy Coordination for Burma

Summary

The head of the State Department’s Office of Sanctions Coordination must create a clear plan to use U.S. diplomacy to carry out sanctions on Burma, with the goal of protecting human rights and restoring civilian government. The plan must coordinate U.S. sanctions policy across State and other agencies; research and vet people and groups for sanctions and work with financial intelligence units to enforce anti‑money‑laundering and anti‑corruption laws; push for coordinated international sanctions; support interagency work — including the United States Chief of Mission to Burma, the United States Ambassador to ASEAN, and the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations — to pressure the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation and to seek a coordinated arms embargo and targeted economic sanctions on the Burmese military, including by pursuing a United Nations Security Council resolution; and provide timely input for reports on how sanctions affect the Burmese military and the people of Burma.