United Nations
General Assembly
Distr. GENERAL
18 December 1992
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A/RES/47/144
A/RES/47/144
92nd plenary meeting
18
December 1992
Situation in Myanmar
The
General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 46/132 of 17 December 1991,
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and
protect human rights and fundamental freedoms as
stated in the Charter of the
United Nations and elaborated in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights,
the International Covenants on Human Rights and
other applicable human rights
instruments,
Aware
that, in accordance with the Charter, the Organization promotes
and encourages respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all and
that article 21, paragraph 3, of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
states that "the will of the people shall be
the basis of the authority of
government",
Taking
note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1992/58 of 3 March
1992, in which the Commission, inter alia, decided
to nominate a special
rapporteur to establish direct contacts with the
Government and with the
people of Myanmar, including political leaders
deprived of their liberty,
their families and lawyers, with a view to
examining the situation of human
rights in Myanmar and following any progress made
towards the transfer of
power to a civilian government and the drafting of
a new constitution, the
lifting of restrictions on personal freedoms and
the restoration of human
rights in Myanmar, and to report to the General
Assembly at its forty-seventh
session and to the Commission at its forty-ninth
session,
Noting
the measures taken by the Government of Myanmar, including its
accession to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August
1949 for the protection of
victims of war, the release of a number of political
prisoners, the lifting of
the curfew, the revocation of certain martial laws
and the reopening of the
universities, in response to the concerns expressed
by the international
community, including the General Assembly and the
Commission on Human Rights,
Gravely
concerned that the Government of Myanmar still has not
implemented its commitments to take all necessary
steps towards democracy in
the light of the results of the elections held in
1990,
Gravely
concerned also at the continued seriousness of the situation of
human rights in Myanmar, including reports of
torture and arbitrary execution,
continued detention of a large number of persons
for political reasons, the
existence of important restrictions on the exercise
of fundamental freedoms
and the imposition of oppressive measures directed
in particular at ethnic and
religious minorities,
Noting
that the human rights situation in Myanmar has consequently
resulted in massive flows of refugees to
neighbouring countries,
Deeply
concerned at the continuing problem of large numbers of refugees
from Myanmar in neighbouring countries, including
the almost 265,000 Myanmar
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh,
1. Expresses its appreciation to the Special
Rapporteur of the
Commission on Human Rights for his preliminary
report and the recommendations
contained therein;
2. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to
extend its full and
unreserved cooperation to the Special Rapporteur
and to ensure that he has
free access to any person in Myanmar whom he deems
it appropriate to meet for
the conduct of his mandate;
3. Expresses its grave concern about the
continued seriousness of the
human rights situation in Myanmar;
4. Urges the Government of Myanmar to take all
necessary steps towards
the restoration of democracy, fully respecting the
will of the people as
expressed in the democratic elections held in 1990;
5. Also urges the Government of Myanmar to take
every appropriate
measure to allow all citizens to participate freely
in the political process
in accordance with the principles of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
and to accelerate the process of transition to
democracy, in particular
through the transfer of power to the democratically
elected representatives;
6. Further urges the Government of Myanmar to
ensure full respect for
human rights and fundamental freedoms and the
protection of the rights of
persons belonging to ethnic and religious
minorities;
7. Notes the release of a number of political
leaders from detention;
8. Deeply regrets, however, that many political
leaders are still
deprived of their freedom and their fundamental
rights;
9. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to
release unconditionally the
Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who is now
in her fourth year of
detention without trial, and other political leaders
and remaining political
prisoners;
10. Also calls upon the
Government of Myanmar to respect fully the
obligations under the Geneva Conventions of 12
August 1949, in particular the
obligations under article 3 common to the
Conventions and to make use of such
services as may be offered by impartial
humanitarian bodies;
11. Requests the Government of
Myanmar to invite the presence of the
International Committee of the Red Cross in Myanmar
in order for it to carry
out its humanitarian tasks;
12. Calls upon the Government of
Myanmar to create the necessary
conditions to ensure an end to the flows of
refugees to neighbouring countries
and to facilitate their speedy repatriation and to
cooperate fully with the
relevant United Nations organs on this matter;
13. Decides to continue its
consideration of this question at its
forty-eighth session.
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