Focus on Burma

Brussels, 30/10/08: On 23 October, one day before the 13th anniversary of the unjust incarceration as a political prisoner of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the European Parliament adopted a resolution on Burma. The resolution deplores the fact that the human rights situation has continued to deteriorate and urges the European Commission and the Council to review and strengthen restrictive measures in respect of Burma. This week, on the 29 October, the European Commission co-hosted a one-day conference on "Burma/Myanmar – prospects for the future” in Brussels which, among other things, took a closer look at the role of civil society. In view of these events, a delegation of activists from Burma travelled to Brussels to attend the conference but also to meet with different policymakers within the European institutions and with representatives from the donor community.

• Click here to read the EP resolution
• Click here to read the European Commission press release.