RESOLUTION ON BURMA CRISIS INTRODUCED BY PHILIPPINE SENATOR AQUILINO PIMENTEL AND ADOPTED BY THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES AS
RESOLUTION NO. 19, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 26, 2007.
RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC), THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) AND THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) TO END THE VIOLENT REPRESSION OF THE RULING MILITARY JUNTA UPON THE PEOPLE OF MYANMAR
WHEREAS, on August 19, 2007, widespread peaceful mass protests began in Myanmar after the government hiked fuel prices; (which protests) could be traced to the deep-rooted dissatisfaction of the people with the repressive military rule that has gripped the country since 1962;
WHEREAS, despite government warnings banning all public gatherings of more than five people and the imposition of a nighttime curfew, tens of thousands of Buddhist monks, activists and other supporters (of the democratic movement of Burma) marched down the streets to demonstrate their dissatisfaction and grievances;
WHEREAS, on September 26, 2007, the military junta intensified its crackdown on the biggest pro-democracy demonstrations in twenty years by firing shots over the heads of large crowds in the main city of Myanmar; arresting a great number of protestors many of whom are Buddhist monks and killing and injuring some of them;
WHEREAS, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides under Article 9 that no one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile and under Article 20 thereof that everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association;
WHEREAS, the Philippines as a member of the United Nations has an obligation to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms as stated in the UN charter:
NOW THEREFORE, be it
RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, TO urge:
1. The United Nations Security Council to immediately call upon the ruling junta of Myanmar to cease its repressions of the fundamental rights of the people of Burma and the use of force against the peaceful and unarmed demonstrators;
2. The European Union to use its influence to help bring about democratic governance in Burma to provide in a peaceful manner a democratic solution to the problems the country is facing; and
3. The Association of South East Asian Nations to demand that the ruling junta of Myanmar should immediately end its violent and brutal dispersals of the unarmed and peaceful demonstrators; to suspend Mayanmar from its membership in ASEAN; and if the ruling junta persists in abusing its own people, to expel Myanmar from ASEAN.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 26, 2007.
RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC), THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) AND THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) TO END THE VIOLENT REPRESSION OF THE RULING MILITARY JUNTA UPON THE PEOPLE OF MYANMAR
WHEREAS, on August 19, 2007, widespread peaceful mass protests began in Myanmar after the government hiked fuel prices; (which protests) could be traced to the deep-rooted dissatisfaction of the people with the repressive military rule that has gripped the country since 1962;
WHEREAS, despite government warnings banning all public gatherings of more than five people and the imposition of a nighttime curfew, tens of thousands of Buddhist monks, activists and other supporters (of the democratic movement of Burma) marched down the streets to demonstrate their dissatisfaction and grievances;
WHEREAS, on September 26, 2007, the military junta intensified its crackdown on the biggest pro-democracy demonstrations in twenty years by firing shots over the heads of large crowds in the main city of Myanmar; arresting a great number of protestors many of whom are Buddhist monks and killing and injuring some of them;
WHEREAS, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides under Article 9 that no one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile and under Article 20 thereof that everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association;
WHEREAS, the Philippines as a member of the United Nations has an obligation to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms as stated in the UN charter:
NOW THEREFORE, be it
RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, TO urge:
1. The United Nations Security Council to immediately call upon the ruling junta of Myanmar to cease its repressions of the fundamental rights of the people of Burma and the use of force against the peaceful and unarmed demonstrators;
2. The European Union to use its influence to help bring about democratic governance in Burma to provide in a peaceful manner a democratic solution to the problems the country is facing; and
3. The Association of South East Asian Nations to demand that the ruling junta of Myanmar should immediately end its violent and brutal dispersals of the unarmed and peaceful demonstrators; to suspend Mayanmar from its membership in ASEAN; and if the ruling junta persists in abusing its own people, to expel Myanmar from ASEAN.
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