Lao Human Rights Council, Inc., USA P.O. Box 1606 Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54702 Phone (715) 831-8355 Fax (715) 831-8563 Statement of Dr.Vang Pobzeb, Representative of Hmong People U.N. Commission On Human Rights Sub-commission On the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights U.N Working Group on Indigenous PopnIations,Geneva,Switzertand Twenty-first Session, 21-25 July 2003 Dear Chairperson and Members of the U.N Working Group: I would like to report to you and the U.N High Commissioner for Human Rights that witnesses and people in Laos had reported that the communist Lao and Vietnamese governments have killed over 300,000 Hmong and Lao people in Laos between 1975 and 2003. The killing fields, genocide and ethnic cleansing war against Hmong people in Laos are still going on in 2003. These are" war crimes, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity". The Asia Time of May 5,2003 and Le Monde II of June 5,2003 and many other international news agencies have reported that there is fighting between Hmong and Lao people and the communist Lao government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) in Laos in 2003.There is an international war in Laos because the communist Vietnamese government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam provided weapons and military supplies to support the communist Lao government to conduct the war against people in Laos. There are many thousands of Vietnamese soldiers who supported the communist Lao government to conduct the war against Hmong people in Laos. The communist Lao government of LPDR had imprisoned many hundreds of people who believed in Christian religion in Laos. The communist Lao government also closed down many Christian churches and religious institutions in Laos. Therefore, I am urging and I appeal to the U.N High Commissioner for Human Rights and international communities and organizations to demand the governments of Laos and Vietnam must stop the ethnic cleansing war, genocide and human rights violations against Hmong and Lao people in Laos. The actions of the governments of Laos and Vietnam are violations of the Charter of the United Nations and international human rights laws and conventions. Thank you for your consideration of this report and peace proposal. Dr. Vang Pobzeb Executive Director Lao Human Rights Council, INC Representative of Hmong People .