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2007/2591(RSP) Resolution on Burma

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:

RoP 135

Subjects

6.10.09 Human rights situation in the world

Events

2007/07/18

EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary

Documents

SP(2007)3798/2

2007/06/21

EP - Results of vote in Parliament

Documents

Results of vote in Parliament

2007/06/21

EP - Debate in Parliament

Details

The House held a debate on on the situation in Burma pursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure (debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law).

The debate was followed by a vote on a joint motion for a resolution.

Documents

Debate in Parliament

2007/06/21

EP - Decision by Parliament

Details

The European Parliament adopted a joint resolution on Burma and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Sakharov Prize winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent 11 of the last 17 years under house arrest. The resolution was adopted by 73 votes to 1 with 2 abstentions. MEPs condemned the SPDC's unremitting oppression of the Burmese people and its persistent persecution and imprisonment of pro-democracy activists. It drew particular attention to the case of U Win Tin, a 78-year old journalist detained as a political prisoner for almost two decades for writing a letter to the UN on the ill-treatment of political prisoners and the poor conditions in which they are held. It insisted on the immediate release of U Win Tin and all political prisoners – estimated to number over 1200.

Parliament pointed out that the SPDC continued to subject the people of Burma to appalling human rights abuses, such as forced labour, persecution of dissidents, conscription of child soldiers and forced relocation, and that 30% of Burma's population, an estimated 15 million people, were subsisting below the poverty line. It urged the legitimisation of the National Convention, through inclusion of the NLD and other political parties and groups, and also urged, ASEAN, China, India and the business world, to each play their part in improving the situation.

The resolution welcomes a statement by ASEAN leaders in which they encouraged Myanmar to make greater progress towards national reconciliation but regretted that the ASEAN has not yet opted for more robust measures against the military junta in Burma and also that the Burmese Foreign Minister, Nyan Win, was permitted to attend the eighth ASEM Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Germany this year. China and India are urged to use their considerable economic and political leverage with the Burmese regime in order to bring about substantial improvements in the country and, in any case, to cease the supply of weaponry and other strategic resources. Parliament regretted that China and Russia, supported by South Africa, vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Burma on 12 January 2007.

Businesses which invest in Burma must ensure that their projects are carried out in a manner which respected genuine human rights and, if human rights abuses do occur, to suspend their activities in Burma. Parliament expressed disappointment that some countries had seen fit to increase substantially their investments in Burma, regardless of the dire human rights situation there.

The renewal of EU targeted sanctions was welcomed but it was recognised that they have failed to achieve the desired impact. MEPs therefore called on the Council to expand the scope of the sanctions and to enlarge the list of those targeted. Meanwhile, the Council must ensure that all Member States rigorously apply existing restrictive measures. Under the EU Common Position 2006/318/CFSP, support is limited to humanitarian aid and assistance for those most in need. MEPs insisted that all aid destined for Burma must be delivered through genuine NGOs and must reach the people for whom it is intended, with the least possible involvement of the SPDC. All possible efforts must be made to enhance contacts and to design programmes focusing on Burmese civil society, notably women's groups and ethnic minorities.

Documents

T6-0290/2007

2007/06/21

EP - End of procedure in Parliament

2007/06/19

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0248/2007

2007/06/19

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0253/2007

2007/06/19

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0255/2007

2007/06/19

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0256/2007

2007/06/19

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0258/2007

2007/06/19

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0262/2007

2007/06/19

Joint motion for resolution

Documents

RC-B6-0248/2007

Documents

Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)3798/2
Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
Decision by Parliament: T6-0290/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0248/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0253/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0255/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0256/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0258/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0262/2007
Joint motion for resolution: RC-B6-0248/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0248/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0253/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0255/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0256/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0258/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0262/2007
Joint motion for resolution: RC-B6-0248/2007
Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)3798/2

Activities

Diana WALLIS
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Burma
- 2016/11/22 Burma
Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Burma
Urszula KRUPA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Burma
Marios MATSAKIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Burma
James NICHOLSON
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Burma
Zdzisław Zbigniew PODKAŃSKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Burma
Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Burma
Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Burma

Votes

RC B6-0248/2007 - Birmanie/Myanmar #

2007/06/21 Outcome: +: 73, 0: 2, -: 1

		DE	GB	PL	FR	PT	IT	ES	SE	RO	LT	EL	SK	CY	BG	LV	IE	CZ	AT	BE
	Total	12	11	12	7	6	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1
PPE-DE	38	Germany PPE-DE For (9) Albert DESS, Bernd POSSELT, Daniel CASPARY, Doris PACK, Hans-Peter MAYER, Michael GAHLER, Rainer WIELAND, Thomas MANN, Werner LANGEN 9	United Kingdom PPE-DE For (8) Christopher BEAZLEY, Daniel HANNAN, Giles CHICHESTER, James NICHOLSON, John PURVIS, Malcolm HARBOUR, Nirj DEVA, Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK 8	Poland PPE-DE For (4) Filip KACZMAREK, Jan OLBRYCHT, Tadeusz ZWIEFKA, Zbigniew ZALESKI 4	France PPE-DE For (4) Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean-Pierre AUDY, Margie SUDRE 4	Portugal PPE-DE For (1) José Albino SILVA PENEDA 1	Italy PPE-DE For (2) Gabriele ALBERTINI, Mario MAURO 2	Spain PPE-DE For (1) Francisco José MILLÁN MON 1		Romania PPE-DE For (1) Ovidiu Victor GANȚ 1	Lithuania PPE-DE For (1) Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ 1	Greece PPE-DE For (2) Georgios PAPASTAMKOS, Manolis MAVROMMATIS 2	Slovakia PPE-DE For (2) Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Zita PLEŠTINSKÁ 2			Latvia PPE-DE For (1) Valdis DOMBROVSKIS 1	Ireland PPE-DE For (1) Avril DOYLE 1	Czechia PPE-DE For (1) Zuzana ROITHOVÁ 1
PSE	12	Germany PSE For (1) Udo BULLMANN 1	United Kingdom PSE For (1) Michael CASHMAN 1	Poland PSE For (1) Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG 1	France PSE For (1) Bernadette BOURZAI 1	Portugal PSE For (3) Ana GOMES, Emanuel Jardim FERNANDES, Paulo CASACA 3		Spain PSE For (2) Manuel MEDINA ORTEGA, Rosa MIGUÉLEZ RAMOS 2			Lithuania PSE For (1) Aloyzas SAKALAS 1								Austria PSE For (1) Karin SCHEELE 1	Belgium PSE For (1) Marc TARABELLA 1
ALDE	6		United Kingdom ALDE For (1) Sharon BOWLES 1	Poland ALDE For (1) Bronisław GEREMEK 1			Italy ALDE For (2) Marco CAPPATO, Vittorio PRODI 2		Sweden ALDE For (1) Maria ROBSAHM 1					Cyprus ALDE For (1) Marios MATSAKIS 1
GUE/NGL	6	Germany GUE/NGL For (2) Gabriele ZIMMER, Tobias PFLÜGER 2			France GUE/NGL For (1) Francis WURTZ 1	Portugal GUE/NGL For (2) Ilda FIGUEIREDO, Pedro GUERREIRO 2	Italy GUE/NGL For (1) Giusto CATANIA 1
Verts/ALE	4		United Kingdom Verts/ALE For (1) Jean LAMBERT 1		France Verts/ALE For (1) Gérard ONESTA 1			Spain Verts/ALE For (1) Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA 1	Sweden Verts/ALE For (1) Carl SCHLYTER 1
ITS	4									Romania ITS For (1) Eugen MIHĂESCU 1					Bulgaria ITS For (1) Slavi BINEV Abstain (2) Desislav CHUKOLOV, Dimitar STOYANOV 3
UEN	4			Poland UEN For (3) Leopold Józef RUTOWICZ, Wiesław Stefan KUC, Zdzisław Zbigniew PODKAŃSKI Against (1) Marcin LIBICKI 4
IND/DEM	1			Poland IND/DEM For (1) Urszula KRUPA 1
NI	1			Poland NI For (1) Maciej Marian GIERTYCH 1

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events/2	date 2007-06-21T00:00:00 type Decision by Parliament body EP docs url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-6-2007-0290_EN.html title: T6-0290/2007 summary The European Parliament adopted a joint resolution on Burma and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Sakharov Prize winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent 11 of the last 17 years under house arrest. The resolution was adopted by 73 votes to 1 with 2 abstentions. MEPs condemned the SPDC's unremitting oppression of the Burmese people and its persistent persecution and imprisonment of pro-democracy activists. It drew particular attention to the case of U Win Tin, a 78-year old journalist detained as a political prisoner for almost two decades for writing a letter to the UN on the ill-treatment of political prisoners and the poor conditions in which they are held. It insisted on the immediate release of U Win Tin and all political prisoners – estimated to number over 1200. Parliament pointed out that the SPDC continued to subject the people of Burma to appalling human rights abuses, such as forced labour, persecution of dissidents, conscription of child soldiers and forced relocation, and that 30% of Burma's population, an estimated 15 million people, were subsisting below the poverty line. It urged the legitimisation of the National Convention, through inclusion of the NLD and other political parties and groups, and also urged, ASEAN, China, India and the business world, to each play their part in improving the situation. The resolution welcomes a statement by ASEAN leaders in which they encouraged Myanmar to make greater progress towards national reconciliation but regretted that the ASEAN has not yet opted for more robust measures against the military junta in Burma and also that the Burmese Foreign Minister, Nyan Win, was permitted to attend the eighth ASEM Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Germany this year. China and India are urged to use their considerable economic and political leverage with the Burmese regime in order to bring about substantial improvements in the country and, in any case, to cease the supply of weaponry and other strategic resources. Parliament regretted that China and Russia, supported by South Africa, vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Burma on 12 January 2007. Businesses which invest in Burma must ensure that their projects are carried out in a manner which respected genuine human rights and, if human rights abuses do occur, to suspend their activities in Burma. Parliament expressed disappointment that some countries had seen fit to increase substantially their investments in Burma, regardless of the dire human rights situation there. The renewal of EU targeted sanctions was welcomed but it was recognised that they have failed to achieve the desired impact. MEPs therefore called on the Council to expand the scope of the sanctions and to enlarge the list of those targeted. Meanwhile, the Council must ensure that all Member States rigorously apply existing restrictive measures. Under the EU Common Position 2006/318/CFSP, support is limited to humanitarian aid and assistance for those most in need. MEPs insisted that all aid destined for Burma must be delivered through genuine NGOs and must reach the people for whom it is intended, with the least possible involvement of the SPDC. All possible efforts must be made to enhance contacts and to design programmes focusing on Burmese civil society, notably women's groups and ethnic minorities.
events/2	date 2007-06-21T00:00:00 type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body EP docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-6-2007-0290_EN.html title: T6-0290/2007 summary The European Parliament adopted a joint resolution on Burma and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Sakharov Prize winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent 11 of the last 17 years under house arrest. The resolution was adopted by 73 votes to 1 with 2 abstentions. MEPs condemned the SPDC's unremitting oppression of the Burmese people and its persistent persecution and imprisonment of pro-democracy activists. It drew particular attention to the case of U Win Tin, a 78-year old journalist detained as a political prisoner for almost two decades for writing a letter to the UN on the ill-treatment of political prisoners and the poor conditions in which they are held. It insisted on the immediate release of U Win Tin and all political prisoners – estimated to number over 1200. Parliament pointed out that the SPDC continued to subject the people of Burma to appalling human rights abuses, such as forced labour, persecution of dissidents, conscription of child soldiers and forced relocation, and that 30% of Burma's population, an estimated 15 million people, were subsisting below the poverty line. It urged the legitimisation of the National Convention, through inclusion of the NLD and other political parties and groups, and also urged, ASEAN, China, India and the business world, to each play their part in improving the situation. The resolution welcomes a statement by ASEAN leaders in which they encouraged Myanmar to make greater progress towards national reconciliation but regretted that the ASEAN has not yet opted for more robust measures against the military junta in Burma and also that the Burmese Foreign Minister, Nyan Win, was permitted to attend the eighth ASEM Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Germany this year. China and India are urged to use their considerable economic and political leverage with the Burmese regime in order to bring about substantial improvements in the country and, in any case, to cease the supply of weaponry and other strategic resources. Parliament regretted that China and Russia, supported by South Africa, vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Burma on 12 January 2007. Businesses which invest in Burma must ensure that their projects are carried out in a manner which respected genuine human rights and, if human rights abuses do occur, to suspend their activities in Burma. Parliament expressed disappointment that some countries had seen fit to increase substantially their investments in Burma, regardless of the dire human rights situation there. The renewal of EU targeted sanctions was welcomed but it was recognised that they have failed to achieve the desired impact. MEPs therefore called on the Council to expand the scope of the sanctions and to enlarge the list of those targeted. Meanwhile, the Council must ensure that all Member States rigorously apply existing restrictive measures. Under the EU Common Position 2006/318/CFSP, support is limited to humanitarian aid and assistance for those most in need. MEPs insisted that all aid destined for Burma must be delivered through genuine NGOs and must reach the people for whom it is intended, with the least possible involvement of the SPDC. All possible efforts must be made to enhance contacts and to design programmes focusing on Burmese civil society, notably women's groups and ethnic minorities.

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docs	date: 2007-06-19T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2007-248&language=EN title: B6-0248/2007 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP date: 2007-06-19T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2007-253&language=EN title: B6-0253/2007 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP date: 2007-06-19T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2007-255&language=EN title: B6-0255/2007 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP date: 2007-06-19T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2007-256&language=EN title: B6-0256/2007 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP date: 2007-06-19T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2007-258&language=EN title: B6-0258/2007 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP date: 2007-06-19T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2007-262&language=EN title: B6-0262/2007 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP date: 2007-06-19T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=P6-RC-2007-248&language=EN title: RC-B6-0248/2007 type: Joint motion for resolution date: 2007-07-18T00:00:00 docs: url: /oeil/spdoc.do?i=13797&j=0&l=en title: SP(2007)3798/2 type: Commission response to text adopted in plenary
events	date: 2007-06-21T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=13797&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament date: 2007-06-21T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20070621&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: The House held a debate on on the situation in Burma pursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure (debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law). The debate was followed by a vote on a joint motion for a resolution. date: 2007-06-21T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2007-290 title: T6-0290/2007 summary: The European Parliament adopted a joint resolution on Burma and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Sakharov Prize winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent 11 of the last 17 years under house arrest. The resolution was adopted by 73 votes to 1 with 2 abstentions. MEPs condemned the SPDC's unremitting oppression of the Burmese people and its persistent persecution and imprisonment of pro-democracy activists. It drew particular attention to the case of U Win Tin, a 78-year old journalist detained as a political prisoner for almost two decades for writing a letter to the UN on the ill-treatment of political prisoners and the poor conditions in which they are held. It insisted on the immediate release of U Win Tin and all political prisoners – estimated to number over 1200. Parliament pointed out that the SPDC continued to subject the people of Burma to appalling human rights abuses, such as forced labour, persecution of dissidents, conscription of child soldiers and forced relocation, and that 30% of Burma's population, an estimated 15 million people, were subsisting below the poverty line. It urged the legitimisation of the National Convention, through inclusion of the NLD and other political parties and groups, and also urged, ASEAN, China, India and the business world, to each play their part in improving the situation. The resolution welcomes a statement by ASEAN leaders in which they encouraged Myanmar to make greater progress towards national reconciliation but regretted that the ASEAN has not yet opted for more robust measures against the military junta in Burma and also that the Burmese Foreign Minister, Nyan Win, was permitted to attend the eighth ASEM Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Germany this year. China and India are urged to use their considerable economic and political leverage with the Burmese regime in order to bring about substantial improvements in the country and, in any case, to cease the supply of weaponry and other strategic resources. Parliament regretted that China and Russia, supported by South Africa, vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Burma on 12 January 2007. Businesses which invest in Burma must ensure that their projects are carried out in a manner which respected genuine human rights and, if human rights abuses do occur, to suspend their activities in Burma. Parliament expressed disappointment that some countries had seen fit to increase substantially their investments in Burma, regardless of the dire human rights situation there. The renewal of EU targeted sanctions was welcomed but it was recognised that they have failed to achieve the desired impact. MEPs therefore called on the Council to expand the scope of the sanctions and to enlarge the list of those targeted. Meanwhile, the Council must ensure that all Member States rigorously apply existing restrictive measures. Under the EU Common Position 2006/318/CFSP, support is limited to humanitarian aid and assistance for those most in need. MEPs insisted that all aid destined for Burma must be delivered through genuine NGOs and must reach the people for whom it is intended, with the least possible involvement of the SPDC. All possible efforts must be made to enhance contacts and to design programmes focusing on Burmese civil society, notably women's groups and ethnic minorities. date: 2007-06-21T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
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RC B6-0248/2007 - Birmanie/Myanmar #

Germany PPE-DE

For (9)

United Kingdom PPE-DE

For (8)

Poland PPE-DE

For (4)

France PPE-DE

For (4)

Portugal PPE-DE

For (1)

Italy PPE-DE

For (2)

Spain PPE-DE

For (1)

Romania PPE-DE

For (1)

Lithuania PPE-DE

For (1)

Greece PPE-DE

For (2)

Slovakia PPE-DE

For (2)

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