UNITED NATIONS
General Assembly 2 October 2007
Original: ENGLISH
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifth special session
2 October 2007
Adopted by consensus as revised
Portugal* (on behalf of the European Union): draft resolution
6/… Situation of human rights in Myanmar
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles and objectives of the Charter of the United
Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International
Covenants on Human Rights and recalling General Assembly resolution
60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Commission on Human Rights resolution
2005/10 of 14 April 2005,
Deeply concerned at the situation of human rights in Myanmar,
Recalling that everyone has the right to take part in the government
of their country, directly or through freely chosen representatives,
the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to freedom
of peaceful assembly and association,
1. Condemns Strongly deplores the continued violent repression of
peaceful demonstrations in Myanmar, including through beatings, killings,
arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances, expresses condolences
to the victims and their families, and urges the Government of Myanmar
to exercise utmost restraint and to desist from further violence
against peaceful protesters;
2. Urges the Government of Myanmar to ensure full respect for human
rights and fundamental freedoms and to investigate and bring to justice
perpetrators of human rights violations, including for the recent
violations of the rights of peaceful protesters;
3. Also urges the Government of Myanmar to release without delay
those arrested and detained as a result of the recent repression
of peaceful protests, as well as to release all political detainees
in Myanmar, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and to ensure that conditions
of detention meet international standards and include the possibility
of visiting any detainee;
4. Further urges the Government of Myanmar to lift all restraints
on peaceful political activity of all persons by, inter alia, guaranteeing
freedom of peaceful assembly and association and freedom of opinion
and expression, including for free and independent media, and to
ensure unhindered access to media information for the people of Myanmar;
5. Welcomes the decision of the Government of Myanmar to receive
a visit by the Special Envoy to Myanmar of the Secretary‑General,
Ibrahim Gambari, and calls upon the Government of Myanmar to cooperate
fully with him to find a peaceful solution;
6. Urges the Government of Myanmar to engage urgently in a reinvigorated
national dialogue with all parties with a view to achieving genuine
national reconciliation, democratization and the establishment of
the rule of law;
7. Encourages the Government of Myanmar and the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights to engage in a dialogue with a view
to ensuring full respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms;
8. Urges the Government of Myanmar to cooperate fully with humanitarian
organizations, including by ensuring full, safe and unhindered access
of humanitarian assistance to all persons in need throughout the
country;
9. Requests the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
in Myanmar to assess the current human rights situation and to monitor
the implementation of this resolution, including by seeking an urgent
visit to Myanmar, and to report to the resumed sixth session of the
Human Rights Council, and in this respect urges the Government of
Myanmar to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur;
10. Also requests the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in Myanmar to inform the General Assembly at its sixty-second
session on progress in this regard;
11. Decides to remain seized of this matter.
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Human Rights
Council Statement
on human rights in Myanmar
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