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Subject: 26/11/96-WEB-PICKINGS: UN Press Release on 26 November 1996.

UN PRESS RELEASE ON 26 NOVEMBER 1996
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The full texts of following press release can be found in 
the following URL: The UN Home Page (http://www.un.org ).
Regards, U Ne Oo.
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[26 Nov 1996] GA/SHC/3404 :
DRAFTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN MYANMAR, CUBA, CAMBODIA 
AMONG TEXTS INTRODUCED IN THIRD COMMITTEE    </title>

Myanmar Draft Would Urge End to Rights Violations,          
Release of Political Prisoners, Free Participation in Political Process 
<P><P>              
Draft resolutions on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Cuba,           
Cambodia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) were among the texts introduced to the
Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning. <P>
The draft resolution on Myanmar asks the Government to permit           
unrestricted access to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, and engage
her, other political leaders and representatives of ethnic groups in a
substantive dialogue to promote national reconciliation and restore democracy.

The text, which was introduced by Sweden, strongly urges the Government
to immediately and unconditionally release political prisoners, and allow
citizens to participate freely in the political process.  It also strongly
urges the Government to put an end to violations of the right to life,
torture, abuse of women, forced labour and relocations, enforced           
disappearances and summary executions. <P>              

The representative of Australia introduced a draft resolution calling on
the Cambodian Government to investigate...........................

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The representative of Sweden introduced a draft resolution on the           
human rights situation in Myanmar (document A/C.3/51/L.69), by which the 
Assembly would deplore the continued violations of human rights there and ask
the Government to permit unrestricted communication with and physical access
to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders by
members and supporters of the National League for Democracy and to protect
their physical well-being; it would strongly urge the Government to release,
immediately and unconditionally, detained political prisoners; and urge it to
engage, at the earliest possible date, a substantive dialogue with           
Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders, including representatives of
ethnic groups, as the best way to promote national reconciliation and full
restoration of democracy. <P>              

The Assembly would strongly urge the Government to allow citizens to           
participate freely in the political process and accelerate the transition to
democracy, particularly through the transfer of power to democratically-
elected representatives.  The Government would also be strongly urged to put
an end to violations of the right to life, integrity of the human being,
torture, abuse of women, forced labour, forced relocations and enforced
disappearances and summary executions. <P><P>              

The Assembly would call on the Government and other parties to           
hostilities in the country to respect international humanitarian law, to halt
the use of weapons against the civilian population and protect all civilians,
including women, children and persons belonging to ethnic or religious 
minorities, from violations of humanitarian law, and to avail itself of the
services offered by impartial humanitarian bodies.  It would ask the           
Secretary-General to continue his discussions with the Government of Myanmar
in order to help implement the current resolution. <P>              

The Secretary of the Committee read out the following changes to           
operative paragraph 17, the line "its efforts for national reconciliation and
in the implementation of the present resolution" should be replaced with "in 
the implementation of the present resolution and in its efforts for national
reconciliation". <P>              

By the terms of a draft resolution on the comprehensive implementation 
of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action           
(document A/C.3/51/L.67), introduced by Austria, the Assembly would call on
all States to take further action to fully realize all human rights in light
of the recommendations of the World Conference on Human Rights.  It would also
request the High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to coordinate human
rights promotion and protection activities throughout the United Nations
system and to report on the measures taken and progress achieved in the
comprehensive implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action, particularly concerning the preparation of the 1998 five-year review.

The High Commissioner, and other United Nations organs and bodies would also 
be requested to take further action to fully implement all the recommendations
of the Conference. <P>              

He read out the following amendment to the draft resolution: 
 -- Operative paragraph 7 should be deleted. 

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