Title 3--The President \177MOmU\177Dm( O\177 \177mS\177C\177T\177O\177 PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION ON MAJOR DRUG TP, A\177SiT OR ILLICIT DRU\177 PRODUCIN\177 C0\177RIES FOR FY 2007 Burma failed demonstrably to make sufficient efforts during the last 12 month\177 to meet its obligations under international counternarcotics agreements and U,S. domestic counternarcotics requirements as set forth in section 489(a) (1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. Burma remain\177 the world's second largest producer of illicit opium. Bu:\177mese opiates continue to pose a threat in Asia. Additionally, amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) produced and trafficked from Burmese territory continue to threaten the entire region. Burma has not taken decisive action against drug gangs, such as the United Wa State Army (UWSA\177, which continue to operate freely along Burma'\177 borders with China and Thailand. These criminal organizations increasingly threaten Asia with the crystalline form of methamphetamine called "Ice". The efforts of the Government of Burma (GOB) to combat the production and trafficking of methamphetamine have been unsatisfactory. Even as methamphetamine production and trafficking have increased in recent years, seizures continue to be disappointing, and the GOB has not been forthcoming with verifiable statistics. It failed to establish a mechanism for the reliabi\177e measurement of ATS production and, once again, did not cooperate in the joint United States/Burma crop surVey. The'GOB continued to take no action in response to the indictments in January 2005 by the U.S. Justice Department against eight leaders of the UWSA. The failure to take action against th\177se accused ringleaders, responsible for a good deal of human misery in Asia and beyond, demonstrates the Burmese Government's failure to take seriou\177 action against drug activity on its territory. The \177overn'\177ent of Burma has failed to indict and prosecute any Burmese military official above the rank of colonel for drug- related corruption. Burma has failed to expand demand-reduction, prevention, and drug-treatment programs to reduce drug use and control the spread of HIV/AIDS. The Global Fund for Aids, TB and Malaria 308
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