Mizzima News (www.mizzima.com)
October 2, 2003

Representatives of exiled Members of Parliament from Burma today testified on the human rights violations of the Burmese military junta before the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)'s Assembly being held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The two representatives of Members of Parliament Union (MPU) from Burma– U
Daniel Aung and Dr. Myint Cho- are attending the 109th Assembly of the Inter-
Parliamentary Union from 1 to 3 October.

The MPU representatives have testified particularly about the situation of Burma's elected Parliamentarians inside and outside the country before the
Committee of the Human Rights of Parliamentarians of the IPU.

The IPU, which brings together of 144 national parliaments around the world,
had passed resolutions in the past calling for the transfer of power to the elected members of parliament in Burma.