Dear Mr. Prime Minister John Howard,
　　 Mr. Kofi A. Annan,
　　 Mr. Secretary-General George Robertson,

The world community reacted to the military coup in Pakistan on Wednesday (Oct. 13, 1999) by suspending aid, threatening diplomatic isolation and urging a speedy return to democratic government. International Monetary Fund managing director Michel Camdessus said Pakistan will receive no further financial aid from the IMF until democracy is restored.

Many countries responded very quickly, but all the statement only talk that's wait and see ....

India's army went on alert, although no unusual troop movements were seen near the border. The Asia Development Bank, based in the Philippines, said it was consulting its development partners, but had no immediate plans to halt more than US$ 880 million in assistance it had earmarked for Pakistan this year and another US$ 600 million next year.

Western countries want to see the earliest possible restoration of democracy in Pakistan. Asian countries stayed quiet.

It is the most serious issues on military-owned businesses and political power.

The New York Times said in an editorial, Sept. 27, 1999 ---
In recent years, militaries have been pushed out of political power in country after country. Now, some governments in Asia and Latin America are rightly growing wary of the military's entanglements with private business. In nations as varied as China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cuba and several Central American countries, the armed forces have been among the most important business owners. It is a combination that rarely serves a nation well.

Among other things, this relationship has led to military corruption, given the armed forces an independent economic base that shields them from civilian control, and drawn them far from their core mission of protecting national security. In some cases, soldiers are proving no more eager to give up businesses than they were to give up political control.

In some nations, the military wields formidable economic power. Until this year, the armed forces in China ran 15,000 companies, including hotels and factories that had nothing to do with defense. In Honduras, the military or its pension fund owns shrimp and palm oil farms, part of a cement company, banks, insurance companies and even a funeral parlor. A study by the Costa Rica-based Arias Foundation called the pension fund one of the most important financial powers in Honduras.

In many nations, especially Communist countries, governments wanted large armies but did not want to pay for them. So they allowed the militaries to go into business for themselves. Cuba's military, for example, has long financed part of its operations through factories producing military and industrial goods.

In other countries, the militaries control businesses simply because they were able to grab them. Decades of military rule in Indonesia allowed the armed forces to buy up a multibillion-dollar empire, often in cooperation with a member of the Suharto family. Moreover, new civilian presidents who follow military rulers have sometimes won the military's allegiance by allowing the armed forces to keep, or even expand, their business holdings.

China has made the most serious effort of any of these countries to separate the military from commerce. Last year, President Jiang Zemin ordered the military to cut its ties with its businesses, and has since succeeded in transferring the ownership of most military firms to other state companies. But it is no clear whether this has produced a real change in who actually runs these businesses.

A big obstacle to reform is that in many nations, the military's business interests are a large part of its budget. If this revenue disappeared, governments would have to underwrite the armed forces or make politically difficult cuts. Another problem is that military businesses provide post-retirement jobs and kickbacks for power senior officers.

But change is necessary. Governments might start by conducting and publishing audits of military investments, which could increase public pressure for change. In Honduras, there is finally hope that a real audit of the pension fund will be conducted and published, despite military resistance. No country can hope to have a disciplined and professional military if the lure of corruption, not love of country, motivates its soldiers.

In our view, United Nations should concern about the coup was heightened by the race between India and Pakistan to develop nuclear weapons, and for the more, can in no circumstances approve extra-constitutional and non-democratic means in any country and therefore urges the Pakistani military to respect democracy and the parliamentary process. Our world needs quick and effective troops for "peacekeeping" in which would maintain regional stability in anywhere.