"The absence of respect for rights pertaining to democratic governance is at the root of all major violations of human rights in Myanmar (A/RES/C3./54/L.76). The key to progress toward democracy and respect for human rights is direct negotiations on the political future of the country between the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), the National League for Democracy (NLD), and the ethnic minorities...The UNCHR resolution on Myanmar should: 1. Deplore the slow pace of the progress of national reconciliation and democratization and conclude, as the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, that it is time for the Government of Myanmar to start a substantive dialogue with the leaders of the NLD and all other political parties and ethnic nationalities, since only through the building of an all-inclusive, accountable and transparent process will it be possible to preserve and consolidate peace and national reconciliation and to restore democracy (E/CN.4/2002/45); 2. Call SPDC to declare a nationwide humanitarian cease-fire; 3. Urge SPDC to release unconditionally all political prisoners under a general amnesty; 4. Express its grave concern at recent report of rapes committed by the Burmese Army against women in Shan State and urge the SPDC to accept the visit of an independent international inquiry mission to investigate the situation including the visit of the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences; 5. Express concern about the SPDC?s policy to dedicate scarce resources to military expenditures instead of providing essential services to the people of Burma; 6. Express concern about food security crisis in Myanmar and call both the Special Rapporteur on the right to food and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar to investigate the situation; 7. Call SPDC to address the humanitarian situation more adequately, with the commitment of the Government and with the involvement of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the planning and managing of international humanitarian assistance."