Focus on choke points: jet fuel is critical for Myanmar’s air force.
Target the junta’s chokepoints by cutting off aviation fuel shipments and the financing that pays for weapons. Pressure companies and key regional hubs to stop supplying jet fuel and to exit the aviation fuel trade, using sanctions and legal tools where available. Pair that with restrictions on Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise so the junta has less revenue to procure arms.
Why this works
- Starving the air force of fuel could literally ground many deadly air raids, immediately saving civilian lives.
- Cutting finances makes it hard for the junta to pay for new Russian gunships or Chinese drones.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
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Mechanism
About LobbyingHow The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights uses funding
- Map the supply chain for jet fuel and the financial intermediaries that enable purchases
- Engage governments in regional trading hubs to restrict aviation fuel shipments to Myanmar’s military
- Pressure companies to exit the aviation fuel trade and publicize exposures that drive action
- Pursue targeted sanctions or legal actions against suppliers and facilitators
- Push financial restrictions on Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise to reduce procurement revenue
- Track compliance and adapt as the junta seeks workarounds and reroutes trade
Milestones
Checkpoints and the expected timing for each step
- 1
Map fuel and finance supply chains
Near-termKey suppliers, routes, and intermediaries are identified and prioritized
- 2
Secure commitments to halt aviation fuel shipments
Near-termGovernments and companies announce steps to stop jet fuel supply to the military
- 3
Apply targeted sanctions and legal pressure
Mid-termFacilitators face penalties and exit pressure increases
- 4
Disrupt financing tied to procurement
Mid-termFinancial restrictions reduce access to revenue used for arms purchases
- 5
Maintain enforcement and close workarounds
Longer-termNew routes are detected and disrupted as the junta adapts