Today, Parliamentary Friends of Burma has been established by Members of Victorian Parliament at the Victorian Parliament House in Melbourne, Australia.

29/10/2003

Resolution of the Victorian Parliamentary Friends of Burma

l. Urge the Burmese State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to immediately recognize the 1990 election result, and establish multi-party democracy and to press for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, her chair U Tin Oo, student leader Min Ko Naing and other political prisoners in Burma; and

2. Ask the Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, to use the bipartisan policy of constructive engagement with SPDC to press for the implementation of the 1990 election result, and the establishment of multi-party democracy and to press for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, her chair U Tin Oo, student leader Min Ko Naing and other political prisoners in Burma.

3. Ask the United Nations' Special Envoy, Razali Ismail to press for the implementation of the 1990 election result, and the establishment of multi-party democracy and to press for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, her chair U Tin Oo, student leader Min Ko Naing and other political prisoners in Burma and to place greater emphasis on the rights of women and children in Burma, in light of ongoing abuses against them; and make strong representation to the UN to increase humanitarian assistance to women and children in Burma and Thailand.

Parliamentary Friends of Burma

Victoria, Australia