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Mr President, the conclusions of the General Affairs Council held in October 2001 call for all political prisoners still in detention in Burma (Myanmar) to be released, including Aung San Suu Kyi. The Commission supported this demand and continues to do so. We are convinced that a lasting solution needs to be based on an agreement between the National Council for Peace and Development and the elected democratic opposition and representatives of the ethnic minorities. We – the Union – have no ambitions to impose an agreement, we merely want to support a solution agreed between the parties. Although certain slightly less discouraging developments than in the past have been observed in Burma over the past year, we are still, in our view, a very long way from a clear commitment by the National Council for Peace and Development to restore democracy and respect international standards of human rights.
The recent Union troika which visited Burma (Myanmar) between 13 and 15 March expressed its hope that the negotiations under way between the National League for Democracy and the NCPD would continue and reiterated our hope that this process would at last bring about tangible results. It also reaffirmed the Union’s support for the mission by the special envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Razali Ismail. The conclusions of the troika’s mission and the renewal of the Union’s common position will be examined by the Commission and the Member States over the next few weeks. Our common position – the Union’s position – needs to be renewed by 29 April.
Generally speaking – and to reply to the concerns expressed by the members who tabled the resolution – we shall only change our common position if there are clear, specific signs of progress. May I assure you once more that we are prepared to review our position one way or the other if there are any positive or negative developments in Burma which give us cause to do so.
To reply to the point raised by Mrs McKenna a moment ago on humanitarian aid, aid in the order of EUR 5 million a year is still being provided via NGOs and international organisations. We are also in the process of preparing a specific AIDS programme which, if it is adopted, will be managed through the same channels and will be worth about the same as the humanitarian aid which we are currently distributing."@en1
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