Situation in Burma

1989/112. Situation in Burma

At its 55th meeting, on 8 March 1989, the Commission, concerned at the reports and allegations of violations of human rights in Burma in 1988 and also at the obstacles to be overcome in the way of the implementation of the democratic aspirations of the Burmese people, decided, without a vote, to:

(a) Encourage the Burmese authorities to take all measures necessary to assure fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of association, with a view to enhancing the prospects for democracy;

(b) Note with appreciation that the Burmese authorities have been responding to the requests by rapporteurs on specific questions;

(c) Welcome the undertaking by the Burmese authorities to organize free and fair multiparty democratic elections;

(d) Urge the Burmese authorities to implement their undertaking as early as possible with a view to assuring the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the people of Burma;

(e) Invite the Burmese delegation to continue to provide the Commission on Human Rights with the necessary information on this question.

[See chap. XII.]