Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-04-Speech-4-174"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Political situation in Myanmar (Burma)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011004.8.4-174"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-04-Speech-4-1752
lpv:speaker	lp:Hanja Maij-weggen2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2003-09-30)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I believe that this is the sixth resolution on the situation in Burma that we have introduced along with fellow MEPs. It is now more than 10 years since Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi won the election there by a large margin. The country was subsequently taken over by a military dictatorship. It is also more than 10 years since the elected parliament was dissolved and many of the members of parliament were murdered, went missing or fled. Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi was imprisoned and then placed under house arrest. Her house arrest continues to this day. The repression continued even after she had won the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful resistance and was subsequently awarded the Sakharov Prize by our Parliament. This same repression was also unleashed on the population, and in particular on a number of minority groups, with unprecedented viciousness. Many people fled, with the result that there are many refugees in neighbouring countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh and India. However, there now seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel. A number of political prisoners have been released and talks have been going on between the junta and Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi. Nobody knows what the outcome will be, however, and on that point I would like to warn the European Commission against making any premature concessions to the Burmese military government until it is clear that they are genuinely willing to release all political prisoners. Or that they are genuinely willing to stop repressing minority groups. Or that they will genuinely allow refugees to return. Or that they intend to restore democracy or allow Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi to take her place as president of Burma. In December, it will have been 10 years since Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize. If there are still no positive developments by then, the European Union will have to step up its measures and put a freeze on investments, for example, just as the United States has done. We call on the Commission and Council to exert more pressure so that democracy can finally be restored in Burma and Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi can take her rightful place."@en1

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