Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

note numerous calls by the international community, including motions passed by the European Union, the United States Congress, the United Kingdom House of Commons and others, for a cessation of human rights abuses in Burma;

(2)

note also statements by the Australian Government including most recently at the International Labor Conference in June 2005 concerning the current situation in Burma in relation to forced labour practices;

(3)

recognise that there has been no meaningful progress towards democratic rule in Burma and that opposition leader Aung San Suu Ky remains under house arrest;

(4)

recognise that the National Convention established by the Burmese junta cannot in its present state achieve a state constitution that will guarantee human rights, democracy and federalism in Burma, and to date has made nil progress;

(5)

call on the Australian Parliament and Government to reject the sham National Convention;

(6)

repeat calls for the urgent cessation of human rights abuses in Burma;

(7)

repeat calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Nobel peace laureate Aung San San Suu Kyi, U Tin Oo, Khun Tun Oo and remaining political prisoners;

(8)

urge the United Nations Security Council to act immediately, in concert with the international community, in relation to the current situation in Burma; and

(9)

further call on the Government to continue to engage vigorously with regional states, including the People's Republic of China, and India, with a view to encouraging support for the placing of Burma on the agenda of the UN Security Council. (Notice given  February 2006.)

16/02/2006 109Thursday, 16 February 2006

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The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Hon. IR Causley) took the chair at 9.30 am.

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