Calls for the release of all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi
Dec. 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The UN Security Council has approved for the first time a resolution calling for an end to the violence in Burma and urges the military junta to take “immediate measures” to comply with the ‘road map’ outlined by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The resolution, promoted by the British mission to the United Nations, calls for the release of all political prisoners, including the country’s former ‘de facto’ leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former President Win Myint, detained after the coup on 1 February. february.
The text also demands that attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure cease, that Human Rights be respected and that those who violate them be held accountable, as well as “full and unimpeded” humanitarian access to the population in need.
Likewise, the resolution, voted by 12 countries — China and Russia have abstained — proposes a computer session of the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, for March, as reported by the British mission to the UN.
“Today we have sent a message to the military so that they have no doubts. We hope that this resolution will be fully implemented. We have also sent a clear message to the people of Burma: we seek progress in accordance with their rights, their wishes and their interests. “, said the British representative to the UN, Barbara Woodward, in her speech.
