The Panglong Agreement
THE PANGLONG AGREEMENT
Panglong
The said Counsellor shall be assisted by two Deputy Counsellors representing races of which he is not a member. While the two Deputy Counsellors should deal in the first instance with the affairs of their respective areas and the Counsellor with all the remaining parts of the Frontier Areas, they should by Constitutional Convention act on the principle of joint responsibility.
While the Counsellor, in his capacity of Member of the Executive Council, will be the only representative of the Frontier Areas on the Council, the Deputy Counsellors shall be entitled to attend meetings of the Council when subjects pertaining to the Frontier Areas are discussed.
Though the Governor’s Executive Council will be augmented as agreed above, it will not operate in respect of the Frontier Areas in any manner which would deprive any portion of those Areas of the autonomy which it now enjoys in internal administration. Full autonomy in internal administration for the Frontier Areas is accepted in principle.
Though the question of demarcating and establishing a separated Kachin State within a Unified Burma is one which must be relegated for decision by the Constituent Assembly, it is agreed that such a State is desirable. As a first step towards this end, the Counsellor for Frontier Areas and the Deputy Counsellors shall be consulted in the administration of such areas in the Myitkyina and the Bhamo Districts as are Part II Scheduled Areas under the Government of Burma Act of 1935.
Citizens of the Frontier Areas shall enjoy rights and privileges which are regarded as fundamental in democratic countries.
The arrangements accepted in this Agreement are without prejudice to the financial autonomy now vested in the Federated Shan States.
The arrangements accepted in this Agreement are without prejudice to the financial assistance which the Kachin Hills and the Union Hills are entitled to receive from the revenues of Burma, and the Exeutive Council will examine with the Frontier Areas Counsellor and Deputy Counsellors the feasibility of adopting for the Kachin Hills and the Chin Hills financial arrangement similar to those between Burma and the Federated Shan States.
Shan Committee. | Kachin Committee. | Chin Committee | BurmeseGovernment. |
(Signed)Saohpalong of | | | |
Tawngpeng State. | (Signed)(Sinwa Naw, | (Signed)(U Hlur | (Signed)(Aung San) |
(Signed)Saohpalong of | Myitkyina) | Hmung, Falam) | |
Yawnghwe State. | (Signed)(Zau Rip, | (Signed)(U Thawng Za | |
(Signed)Saohpalong of | Myitkyina) | Khup,Tiddim) | |
NorthHsenwi State. | (Signed)(Dinra Tang, | (Signed)(U Kio Mang, | |
(Signed)Saohpalong of | Myitkyina) | Haka) | |
Laihka State. | (Signed)(Zau La, | | |
(Signed)Saohpalong of | Bhamo) | | |
Mong Pawn State. | (Signed)(Zau Lawn, | | |
(Signed)Saohpalong | Bhamo) | | |
ofHsamonghkam | (Signed)(Labang | | |
State. | Grong, Bhamo) | | |
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