Senate debates
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Burma and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
5:22 pm
Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
I move:
- That the Senate—
- (a)
- welcomes the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest on behalf of the Australian people;
- (b)
- congratulates the Burmese pro-democracy movement for its steadfast resistance to military rule and ongoing campaign for democracy;
- (c)
- calls for the immediate and unconditional release of more than 2 000 political prisoners still detained in Burma;
- (d)
- calls on Burmese authorities to embark on a genuine process of national reconciliation and engage in dialogue with all of Burma’s ethnic groups; and
- (e)
- calls on the Australian Government to:
- (i)
- make the most of this opportunity to bring about lasting reform for Burma and its people,
- (ii)
- investigate all options for progressing a United Nations commission of inquiry into human rights abuses and war crimes in Burma,
- (iii)
- reinforce the campaign for political reform in Burma with increased engagement through government and diplomatic channels,
- (iv)
- maintain efforts to enforce a universal arms embargo against Burma, and
- (v)
- support at the highest levels of government the efforts of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her colleagues to restore democracy and peace in Burma.
- (v)support at the highest levels of government the efforts of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her colleagues to restore democracy and peace in Burma.
I seek leave to make a short statement.
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