GA resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
The texts of the resolutions may be the Third Committee "L" texts or the versions endorsed in plenary and published in the official record. The advantage of the "L" versions is that only they have the list of co-sponsors...For voting records and reports of the meetings, see the English sub-section.
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GA resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (Arabic)
Individual Documents
| Title: | | GA 2012 (67th session): Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (Arabic) |
| Date of publication: | | 26 November 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Adopted by consensus (without a vote), 26 November 2012. Third Committee, 43rd meeting - 67th General Assembly.....The paragraph in the first draft deciding "to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-eighth
session, on the basis of the reports of the Secretary-General and the Special
Rapporteur" was removed following negotiations among member States....There were statements by more than 20 governments (see Webcast). Several governments condemned the attacks against the Rohingya and their deprivation of citizenship....Several criticised the use of country-specific resolutions and welcomed the removal of the paragraph calling for a Myanmar resolution in 2013......Liechtenstein should be added to the list of co-sponsors. |
| Language: | | Arabic |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations General Assembly (A/C.3/67/L.49-Rev.1) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (142K); Webcast-Adobe Flash (1 hour 20 minutes) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/watch/third-committee-43rd-meeting-67th-general-assembly/199044... (Webcast) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 27 November 2012 |
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GA resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (Chinese)
Individual Documents
| Title: | | GA 2012 (67th session): Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (Chinese) |
| Date of publication: | | 26 November 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Adopted by consensus (without a vote), 26 November 2012. Third Committee, 43rd meeting - 67th General Assembly.....The paragraph in the first draft deciding "to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-eighth
session, on the basis of the reports of the Secretary-General and the Special
Rapporteur" was removed following negotiations among member States....There were statements by more than 20 governments (see Webcast). Several governments condemned the attacks against the Rohingya and their deprivation of citizenship....Several criticised the use of country-specific resolutions and welcomed the removal of the paragraph calling for a Myanmar resolution in 2013......Liechtenstein should be added to the list of co-sponsors. |
| Language: | | Chinese |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations General Assembly (A/C.3/67/L.49-Rev.1-Rev.1) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (166K); Webcast,(Adobe Flash -1 hour, 20 minutes) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/watch/third-committee-43rd-meeting-67th-general-assembly/199044... (Webcast) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 27 November 2012 |
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GA resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (English)
Individual Documents
| Title: | | GA 2012 (67th session): Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (English) |
| Date of publication: | | 26 November 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Adopted by consensus (without a vote), 26 November 2012. Third Committee, 43rd meeting - 67th session, UN General Assembly.....The language in the first draft deciding "to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-eighth
session" was removed following negotiations among member States....There were statements by more than 20 governments (see Webcast). Several governments condemned the attacks against the Rohingya and their deprivation of citizenship....Several criticised the use of country-specific resolutions and welcomed the removal of the paragraph calling for a Myanmar resolution in 2013......Liechtenstein should be added to the list of co-sponsors. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations General Assembly (A/C.3/67/L.49-Rev.1) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (43K) Webcast-Adobe Flash (1 hour, 20 minutes) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/watch/third-committee-43rd-meeting-67th-general-assembly/199044... (Webcast) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 27 November 2012 |
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| Title: | | GA 2011 (66th session): Third Committee meeting on the Situation of human rights in Myanmar - voting record |
| Date of publication: | | 21 November 2011 |
| Description/subject: | | Yes: 98...No: 25...Abstain: 63.....Of the 10 ASEAN countries, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam voted No, while Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand abstained. India, China and Russia voted against the resolution. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations |
| Format/size: | | pdf (119K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 10 December 2011 |
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| Title: | | GA 2009 (64th session): Draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar |
| Date of publication: | | 19 November 2009 |
| Description/subject: | | This is the text of the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar adopted by 3rd Committee on 19 November 2009. This will presumably be endorsed by the plenary in December. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations |
| Format/size: | | pdf (47K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 23 November 2009 |
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| Title: | | GA 2007 (62nd session): Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar |
| Date of publication: | | 22 December 2007 |
| Description/subject: | | "...1. Strongly condemns the use of violence against peaceful demonstrators
who were exercising their rights to freedom of opinion and expression and to
peaceful assembly and association, and expresses condolences to the victims and
their families;
2. Expresses grave concern at:
(a) The ongoing systematic violations of human rights and fundamental
freedoms, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, of the
people of Myanmar, as described in resolution 61/232 and in previous resolutions of
the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights
Council;..."...
Resolution adopted by a vote (YES-88; NO-24; ABSTENTION-66...See voting record) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations (A/RES/62/222) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (43K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs4/Res-L41.pdf (earlier version of the draft resolution - compare with the revised version - Rev.1 and the final version)http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs4/Res-L41-Rev.1.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 27 November 2007 |
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| Title: | | GA 2004 (59th session): Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar |
| Date of publication: | | 17 March 2005 |
| Description/subject: | | Resolution adopted by consensus, 16 November 2004 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations ( A/RES/59/263) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (33 K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | www.altsean.org/Docs/UNGA%20Resolutions/Res%2059%20263.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 16 November 2004 |
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GA resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (Russian)
Individual Documents
| Title: | | GA 2012 (67th session): Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (Russian) |
| Date of publication: | | 26 November 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Adopted by consensus (without a vote), 26 November 2012. Third Committee, 43rd meeting - 67th General Assembly.....The paragraph in the first draft deciding "to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-eighth
session, on the basis of the reports of the Secretary-General and the Special
Rapporteur" was removed following negotiations among member States....There were statements by more than 20 governments (see Webcast). Several governments condemned the attacks against the Rohingya and their deprivation of citizenship....Several criticised the use of country-specific resolutions and welcomed the removal of the paragraph calling for a Myanmar resolution in 2013......Liechtenstein should be added to the list of co-sponsors. |
| Language: | | Russian |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations General Assembly (A/C.3/67/L.49-Rev.1) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (186K) Webcast, Adobe Flash - (1 hour 20 minutes) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/watch/third-committee-43rd-meeting-67th-general-assembly/199044... (Webcast) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 27 November 2012 |
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| Title: | | GA 2008 (63rd session): Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar |
| Date of publication: | | 21 November 2008 |
| Description/subject: | | Adopted by the 3rd Committee by recorded vote...See alternate URL for summary of the debate and voting record (English). |
| Language: | | Russian |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations (A/C.3/63/L.33) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (199K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 22 November 2008 |
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GA resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (other languages)
Individual Documents
| Title: | | GA 2003 (58th Session) : Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar |
| Date of publication: | | 09 January 2004 |
| Description/subject: | | Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/58/508/Add.3)]
58/247. Situation of human rights in Myanmar
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights,1 the International Covenants on Human Rights2 and other human
rights instruments,
Reaffirming that all States Members of the United Nations have an obligation
to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the
obligations they have undertaken under the various international instruments in the
field, |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations (A/res/58/247) |
| Format/size: | | pdf |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?m=89 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 04 January 2011 |
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