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The Australian Government.



Australian Human Rights Sub-Committee Report (October 1995).

The  the Australian Government:
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   (a) continue to direct its assistance program to the people on the
        border; and

   (b) consider an increase in health and sanitation programs for the
         people in the camps.

Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID):
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   set aside some of its funding to Burma for educational programs
   directed at the development of civil society and an understanding of
   democratic processes amongst the people in the border camps.

The Australian Government
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   (a) increase the intake of students from Burma in this category to a
         minimum of 12 per year; and

   (b) encourage students to undertake, possibly through the TAFE system,
         skills based courses relevant to the fture development needs of Burma.

The Australian Government:
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   increase numbers in the Special Assistance Category for people from Burma
   residing in Thailand to bring it up to the level of the intake from Rangoon.

The Australian Government urge the Government of Thailand to:
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   (a) ratify the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and
        its 1967 Protocol; and

   (b) permit the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to provide
        greater assistance to the refugees on the Thai-Burma border.


The Australian Government continue to press the Government of Burma to:
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   (a) recognise the popular legitmacy of the NLD and builds on DAw Aung
        San Suu Kyi's call for power sharing on a South African model; and

   (b) begin negotiations with Aung San Suu Kyi with a view to bringing
         about this end.

The Australian Government urge the Government of Burma to:
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    include a greater number of the National League for Democracy
representatives 
   and a more representative group of delegates from the ethnic minorities
in the deliberations 
   of the National Convention.

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