| UN Envoys
and Rapporteurs on Burma |
Since 1990, UN Envoys
and Rapporteurs have visited Burma 56 times in an
attempt to facilitate dialogue between the regime
and pro-democracy forces and carry out fact-finding
missions. In addition, the UN Secretary-General has
visited Burma three times. The chronology details
the UN’s unsuccessful attempts to engage the
regime, as well as the regime’s plethora of
lies and broken promises aimed at staving off international
pressure. See chronology
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| Quotes
from the UN good offices |
Quotes from UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon,
current UN Special Advisor on Burma Vijay
Nambiar, and former UN Special Advisor on Burma
Ibrahim
Gambari highlight the regime’s constant
disregard for the UN good offices role.
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| Burma
and International Conventions |
Burma has ratified
only a few international conventions, including the
three Geneva Conventions, the Convention on the Rights
of the Child (CRC), the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),
and the ILO convention on Forced Labor and. See
table of ratifications The
UN Treaty Bodies’ recommendations illustrate
the regime’s failure to comply with international
human rights conventions that it has ratified. See
reports and observations
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| HRC/CHR
Resolutions on Burma |
Since 1992, the
UN Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR) and the UN Human
Rights Council (UNHRC) have passed 24 resolutions
on Burma which directly address the regime’s
refusal to respect the human rights of Burma’s
citizens. The strongly worded statements remain consistent
from year to year and illustrate the regime’s
failure to address UN concerns in a meaningful way.
See UNCHR/UNHRC resolutions
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| UNGA
Resolutions on Burma |
Since 1991, the
UN General Assembly (UNGA) has passed 22 resolutions
on Burma which directly address a range of issues
of concern, including denial of human rights, lack
of democratization, and political prisoners. The strongly
worded statements remain consistent from year to year
and illustrate the regime’s failure to address
UN concerns in a meaningful way. See
UNGA resolutions and UNGA
voting records
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| UNSC
Statements on Burma |
Russia and China
have stymied the UN Security Council’s (UNSC's)
efforts to address Burma’s crises. Russia and
China vetoed a US-led resolution on 12 January 2007.
In the aftermath of the SPDC’s violent crackdown
on peaceful demonstrations in September 2007, the
UNSC released two statements that contained strongly-worded
recommendations that the SPDC failed to implement.
See UNSC resolutions/statements
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