CALD calls on UN Security Council to act on Burma

(May 22, 2006) In a unanimous resolution, the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) expressed disappointment over the painfully slow pace of Burma’s democratic transition and called on the United Nations Security Council to act on the human rights violations and acts of aggression committed by the military junta against ethnic minorities and Burmese members of the opposition.

In CALD Resolution No. 6, Series 2006, the umbrella of Asian liberal political parties joined   the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus’ (AIPMC) condemnation of the SPDC’s practice of displacing entire communities through forceful means such as military offensives and the use of landmines to prevent inhabitants from returning to their homes. It cited the Human Rights Watch’s report that entire villages of Karen communities have been burned, rendering  thousands of civilians homeless in this latest government offensive aimed at clearing suspected Karen separatists from the Pyinmana (Myanmar’s new capital) area.

The National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB) is a member of CALD. The Liberal Party of the Philippines, the Malaysian People’s Movement Party (Gerakan), the Democrat Party of Thailand and the Sam Rainsy Party of Cambodia are active in their countries’ parliamentary caucuses on Burma.

Please click here for a complete text of the resolution.

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