Motion
- Motion title
- Burma
- Session
- 2009-2010
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 30 May 2010
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- 29
- Motion text
Congress notes with concern that the National League for Democracy (NLD), the leading pro-democracy party in Burma, has been unable to register as a party and is likely to be proscribed by the dictatorship in the run-up to the elections in October.
Congress calls upon the Executive to work with the TUC, the Burma Campaign, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Amnesty International to support Burma’s democratic and trade union bodies, focusing on targeted sanctions, freedom of association, the release and protection of political prisoners, and abolition of forced labour and repression of ethnic minority groups.
As the most urgent priorities, we call for the release of the 2,200 political prisoners, for tripartite talks between the regime, the NLD and representatives of ethnic minorities to ensure national reconciliation and a new constitution establishing democracy and respect for human rights.
- Proposing body
- National executive committee (NEC)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Strategy and finance committee (SFC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2010/C/05-30/045/29