Union Solidarity and Development Association
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| Founded | 15 September 1993 |
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| Dissolved | 15 July 2010 |
| Type | Organisation |
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Area served
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Union of Myanmar |
| Method | Media attention, direct-appeal campaigns Political lobbying |
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Key people
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General Htay Oo (Secretary General) |
| Slogan | Spirit, Discipline, Strength, Unity (စိတ်ဓာတ်၊ စည်းကမ်း၊ ကြံ့ခိုင်၊ စည်းလုံး) |
| Website | www |
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.
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.
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