UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS' REPORT ON BURMA

EDM number 812 in 1991-92, proposed by Jim Lester on 05/03/1992.

That this House welcomes the United Nations Commission on Human Rights' decision to nominate a special rapporteur to report on the serious human rights situation in Burma to the 47th session of the United Nations General Assembly; remains concerned at the current security situation on both the borders with Bangladesh and Thailand destabilising the area; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to press the Security Council to introduce a mandatory arms embargo to prevent further escalation of either internal or external repression and for the earliest end to the catalogue of abuses reaffirmed in the United Nations report.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.