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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