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  UN Rights Commission criticized the junta for deterioration of human
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Geneva, April 20, 2001
Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has adopted another
strongly worded resolution on Burma criticizing the Burmese military
government for its continued human rights violations in the country and
urged the Junta to ensure full respect for all human rights and
fundamental freedoms, including economic, social and cultural rights.

The UN Commission on Human Rights adopted the resolution on Human Rights
situation in Myanmar (Burma) in the evening of 18th April in Geneva.

In its resolution, the Commission strongly urges the Burmese government
to take urgent and concrete measures to ensure the establishment of
democracy in accordance with the will of the people as expressed in the
democratic elections held in 1990.

It has also urged the Burmese junta to extend the on-going talks with
Burma's democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to a genuine and
substantive dialogue with all the leaders of political parties and
ethnic minorities, with the aim of achieving national reconciliation and
the restoration of democracy, and "to ensure that political parties and
non-governmental organizations can function freely".

The resolution, which was mainly sponsored by European Union and
co-sponsored by United States, was adopted by the 53-member Commission
on consensus without a need to vote.

Sponsoring the resolution on behalf of the European Union, the Swedish
delegation said that the human rights situation in Burma continues to be
deteriorated and there is a "systematic policy" of the Burmese
government to persecute the democratic opposition forces in the country.
"The draft resolution draws the attention to a range of human rights
violations occurring in Myanmar: civil, political, economic, social and
cultural rights. The Commission deplores the deterioration of the human
rights situation in Myanmar, the continued pattern of gross and
systematic violations of human rights in Myanmar..", said the Swedish
delegate.

"We believe the resolution accurately describes the many and significant
human rights challenges faced by the people of Burma", said Ambassador
George Moose of the United States while co-sponsoring the resolution.

This year resolution on Burma has welcomed some recent developments
taken place in Burma including the release of some political prisoners
and for allowing the present Special Rapporteur Professor Sergio
Pinheiro to visit Burma in the beginning of April this year. It has
however strongly criticized the continued "deteriorating of human rights
situation" in the country. The resolution has urged the Burmese
government to release all those detained or imprisoned for political
reasons immediately and unconditionally, including those in government
guest houses, as well as journalists, and "to ensure the physical
integrity and to permit them to participate in a meaningful process of
national reconciliation".

U Mya Than, head of the Burmese delegate at UN refused to accept,
however, what he termed "the negative elements of the resolution".

"..I regret to observe that the draft resolution still remains to be
very much a negative draft resolution, containing many unfounded
allegations", said Ambassador U Mya Than.



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<p><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>Geneva, April 20, 2001</font></font>
<br><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>Mizzima News Group (<a href="http://www.mizzima.com";>www.mizzima.com</a>)</font></font>
<p><font size=+1>The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has adopted
another strongly worded resolution on Burma criticizing the Burmese military
government for its continued human rights violations in the country and
urged the Junta to ensure full respect for all human rights and fundamental
freedoms, including economic, social and cultural rights.</font>
<p><font size=+1>The UN Commission on Human Rights adopted the resolution
on Human Rights situation in Myanmar (Burma) in the evening of 18th April
in Geneva.</font>
<p><font size=+1>In its resolution, the Commission strongly urges the Burmese
government to take urgent and concrete measures to ensure the establishment
of democracy in accordance with the will of the people as expressed in
the democratic elections held in 1990.</font>
<p><font size=+1>It has also urged the Burmese junta to extend the on-going
talks with Burma's democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to a genuine
and substantive dialogue with all the leaders of political parties and
ethnic minorities, with the aim of achieving national reconciliation and
the restoration of democracy, and "to ensure that political parties and
non-governmental organizations can function freely".</font>
<p><font size=+1>The resolution, which was mainly sponsored by European
Union and co-sponsored by United States, was adopted by the 53-member Commission
on consensus without a need to vote.</font>
<p><font size=+1>Sponsoring the resolution on behalf of the European Union,
the Swedish delegation said that the human rights situation in Burma continues
to be deteriorated and there is a "systematic policy" of the Burmese government
to persecute the democratic opposition forces in the country. "The draft
resolution draws the attention to a range of human rights violations occurring
in Myanmar: civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. The
Commission deplores the deterioration of the human rights situation in
Myanmar, the continued pattern of gross and systematic violations of human
rights in Myanmar..", said the Swedish delegate.</font>
<p><font size=+1>"We believe the resolution accurately describes the many
and significant human rights challenges faced by the people of Burma",
said Ambassador George Moose of the United States while co-sponsoring the
resolution.</font>
<p><font size=+1>This year resolution on Burma has welcomed some recent
developments taken place in Burma including the release of some political
prisoners and for allowing the present Special Rapporteur Professor Sergio
Pinheiro to visit Burma in the beginning of April this year. It has however
strongly criticized the continued "deteriorating of human rights situation"
in the country. The resolution has urged the Burmese government to release
all those detained or imprisoned for political reasons immediately and
unconditionally, including those in government guest houses, as well as
journalists, and "to ensure the physical integrity and to permit them to
participate in a meaningful process of national reconciliation".</font>
<p><font size=+1>U Mya Than, head of the Burmese delegate at UN refused
to accept, however, what he termed "the negative elements of the resolution".</font>
<p><font size=+1>"..I regret to observe that the draft resolution still
remains to be very much a negative draft resolution, containing many unfounded
allegations", said Ambassador U Mya Than.</font>
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