Type Organisation | ||
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Founded 15 September 1993 (1993-09-15) Dissolved 15 July 2010 (2010-07-15) Method Media attention, direct-appeal campaignsPolitical lobbying | ||
The Union Solidarity and Development Association (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးအသင်း; MLCTS: prany htaung cu kri. re: hnang. hpwam. hprui: ye: a. sang: [pjìdàʊɴzṵ tɕã̰kʰàɪɴ jéi n̥ɪ̰ɴ pʰʊ̰ɴpʰjó jéi əθɪ́ɴ]; abbreviated USDA) was a Burmese political party by founded with the active aid of Myanmar's ruling military junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), on 15 September 1993.
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History
The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), formed on 29 March 2010, took part in the 2010 elections. All civil servants and members under the age of 25 were purged from the USDA, the remaining members were enrolled into the USDP. All assets of the USDA were transferred to the USDP leading to the disbanding of the USDA.
Htay Oo was the secretary general of the organisation. Its headquarters were in Yangon, Myanmar, and operated nationwide.
On 19 October 2008, a small bomb exploded in exploded in the Htan Chauk Pin quarter of the Shwepyitha Township office of the USDA, resulting in property damage and killing one According to the New Light of Myanmar, the victim was identified as Thet Oo Win, a former Buddhist monk who participated in the Saffron Revolution, was killed while improvising the bomb at his own residence. The junta blamed the National League for Democracy party of planting that bomb, but experts believed at the time that the opposition was not in a position to carry out such acts amidst the tightly controlled security environment.
Objective
The motto of the organisation was "Morale, Discipline, Solidarity, Unity."
- Non-disintegration of the Union
- Non-disintegration of national solidarity
- Perpetuation of sovereignty
- Dynamism of Patriotic Spirit with a view to promoting national prestige and integrity
- Development of the nation and emergence of a peaceful and modern state
Main members
Central Panel of Patrons :
Secretariat:
Central Executive Committee:
Organization
The USDA comprised 1 Headquarters, 17 State and Division Associations, 66 District Associations and 320 Township Associations. As of 30 April 2007, the Association had 24 million members. Students of that time were forced to enter this association.