John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Ludlam for his supplementary question. Yes, I am certainly aware of the United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s call for the United Nations Security Council to impose a worldwide ban on the sale of arms to the Burmese regime. I can say that Australia supports these efforts to seek a UN Security Council mandated arms embargo on Burma. Australia agrees that arms should not be supplied to the Burmese regime, which of course has demonstrated its willingness to use force against its civilian population. (Time expired)