Veto Of Draft Un Security Council Resolution On Burma

EDM number 662 in 2006-07, proposed by Ann Clwyd on 17/01/2007.

That this House is deeply dismayed by the veto by the Russian and Chinese governments of the draft United Nations Security Council Resolution on 12th January calling on Burma's rulers to free all political detainees, cease attacks on ethnic minorities and speed a transition to democracy; shares the concern expressed in the draft resolution at the slow pace of tangible progress in the process of national reconciliation in Myanmar and the continuing detention of political prisoners, including the leader of the National League of Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi; notes that the draft resolution also accused Burma's armed forces of attacking and raping civilians from the country's ethnic minorities and causing a refugee crisis in the region; believes that the situation in Burma threatens international peace and security; is appalled by the continuing suffering of the Burmese people; and calls upon the international community to address the situation as a matter of urgency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 90 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.