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INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION
PLACE DU PETIT-SACONNEX
1211 GENEVA 19


MYANMAR

Parliamentarians arrested between 1990 and 1993 and still detained:

CASE N=B0 MYN/01 - OHN KYAINGCASE N=B0 MYN/36 - MYINT NAING=20
case N=B0 MYN/04 - KHIN MAUNG SWECASE N=B0 MYN/41 - ZAW MYINT=20
CASE N=B0/MYN/09 - SEIN HLA OOCASE N=B0 MYN/42 - MYA WIN=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/10 - WIN HLAINGCASE N=B0 MYN/60 - ZAW MYINT MAUNG=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/13 - NAING NAINGCASE N=B0 MYN/68 - AUNG KHIN SINT=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/26 - HLA TUNCASE N=B0 MYN/71 - KYI MYINT=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/28 - TIN AUNG AUNGCASE N=B0 MYN/73 - FAZAL AHMED=20

Parliamentarians arrested between 1996 and May 1998:

CASE N=B0 MYN/64   - DAVID HLA MYINTCASE N=B0 MYN/112 - HLA WIN=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/83   - KYAW MINCASE N=B0 MYN/113 - AYE THAN=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/84   - SOE THEINCASE N=B0 MYN/114 - OHN NAING=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/85   - KHUN MYINT HTUNCASE N=B0 MYN/115 - Thein Zan=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/86   - AYE SANCASE N=B0 MYN/116 - NYUNT HLAING=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/87   - DO HTAUNGCASE N=B0 MYN/117 - Kyaw Myint=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/88   - CHIT HTWECASE N=B0 MYN/118 - THAN NYEIN=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/89   - MYO NYUNTCASE N=B0 MYN/119 - MAY WIN MYINT=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/100 - HLA MYINTCASE N=B0 MYN/120 - SAN SAN=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/101 - SAW OO REHCASE N=B0 MYN/121 - TIN OO=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/102 - HLA MINCASE N=B0 MYN/122 - MIN SOE LIN=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/103 - TIN AUNGCASE N=B0 MYN/123 - NAN KHIN HTWE MYINT=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/104 - KYAW KHINCASE N=B0 MYN/124 - OHN MAUNG=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/105 - KYIN THEINCASE N=B0 MYN/125 - MAHN KYAW NI=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/106 - KYAW TINCASE N=B0 MYN/126 - TUN WIN=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/107 - SAN MYINTCASE N=B0 MYN/127 - BO HTWAY=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/108 - MIN SWECASE N=B0 MYN/128 - THA AUNG=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/109 - THAN AUNGCASE N=B0 MYN/129 - KYI LWIN=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/110 - TIN MIN HTUTCASE N=B0 MYN/130 - TIN WIN=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/111 - SAW LWIN=20

Since September 1998, more than a hundred MPs elect have been arrested and
forty were still in detention as at October 1999

Parliamentarians deceased:

CASE N=B0 MYN/53 - U HLA THANCASE N=B0 MYN/67 - HLA PE=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/55 - TIN MAUNG WINCASE N=B0 MYN/72 - SAW WIN=20
CASE N=B0 MYN/66 - WIN KOCASE N=B0 MYN/131 - HLA KHIN=20


Resolution adopted without a vote by the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
at its 165th session (Berlin, 16 October 1999)


                The Inter-Parliamentary Council,

                Referring to the outline of the case of the above-mentioned
elected members of the Pyithu Hluttaw (People's Assembly) of the Union of
Myanmar, as contained in the report of the Committee on the Human Rights of
Parliamentarians (CL/165/12(b)R.1), and to the relevant resolution adopted=
 at
its 164thsession (April 1999),

                Recalling that on 27 May 1990 a national election called by=
 the
then State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) was held to constitute=
 a
new Parliament (Pyithu Hluttaw) and that the National League for Democracy
(NLD) won 392 of the 485 seats (about 81% of total seats), all the above
persons being among those elected; that, however, instead of transferring=
 power
as it had pledged before the election, SLORC ruled, in Declaration 1/90,=
 that
the duty of the elected representatives was merely to draft a new democratic
Constitution and convene a "National Convention" to this end; that, under
severe pressure from SLORC, the National League of Democracy participated in
the Convention=92s work but withdrew in November 1995 thus severing whatever=
 link
there may have been between the Convention and the popular will as expressed=
 in
the 1990 elections,

                Considering that, since 1990, the State Peace and=
 Development
Council (SPDC, formerly SLORC) not only systematically impeded the=
 functioning
of the National League for Democracy, in particular, but eliminated from the
political process the MPs elected in 1990, first by invalidating election
results, dismissing them from Parliament and banning them from future
elections, by forcing them to resign, orchestrating no-confidence motions
against them and finally by arresting, detaining and sentencing them under=
 laws
(such as the Emergency Provision Act, State Protection Act, Official Secrets
Act, Printers and Publishers Registration Act, Unlawful Associations Act,=
 etc.)
considered by the competent United Nations human rights bodies to be in=
 breach
of international civil and political rights standards,

                Recalling that the National League for Democracy, together=
 with
the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, the Rakhine Democracy League,=
 the
Mon National Democratic Front and the Zo-me National Congress, requested the
authorities to convene the Parliament and, their request being disregarded,
established in September 1998 a body, the Committee representing the=
 People=92s
Parliament (CRPP), temporarily to represent Members of Parliament elected in
1990 and prevented by the authorities from exercising the mandate conferred=
 on
them by the people of Myanmar in the democratic elections of 1990; that, as=
 a
result of this, scores of MPs elect and other persons supporting the CRPP=
 were
arrested and detained in what the authorities called "guest houses",

                Considering that the CRPP has received support from the=
 leaders
of all political parties represented in the Norwegian Parliament, from five
parties represented in the Danish Parliament, from the National Assembly of
Belgium, which passed a resolution announcing support for the CRPP, and from
the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, which in March 1999 urged the
Canadian Government to recognise the CRPP as "the legitimate instrument of=
 the
will of the Burmese People",=20

                Noting that, according to the sources, 40 of the elected
members
of the Pyithu Hluttaw were in detention as at October 1999, and recalling in
this connection that conditions of detention in Myanmar are reported to be
harsh and to include cruel disciplinary practices and torture, lack of=
 proper
medical care and insufficient food; considering that that Aung Min, an MP=
 elect
from Mandalay, died on 24 October 1998 while in custody at a "guest house"=
 and
that, on 31 May 1999, Hla Khin, an MP elect, died while in custody; he
allegedly committed suicide owing, the authorities stated, to alcohol
addiction; recalling further in this connection the death in prison of Tin
Maung
Win, Hla Tan and Saw Win in January 1991, August 1996 and August 1998,
respectively,

                Bearing in mind the consistent appeals made by the United
Nations General Assembly and Commission on Human Rights in their resolutions=
 on
the human rights situation in Myanmar to the authorities of Myanmar, urging
them to "take urgent and meaningful measures to ensure the establishment of
democracy in accordance with the will of the people as expressed in the
democratic elections held in 1990 and, to this end, to engage immediately=
 and
unconditionally in a substantive dialogue with the leaders of political=
 parties
and the ethnic minorities ... to accelerate the process of transition to
democracy, in particular through the transfer of power to democratically
elected representatives and to release immediately and unconditionally those
detained for political reasons",
        1.      Regrets that the authorities of Myanmar have not replied to=
 the
requests for information addressed to them;=20

        2.      Strongly condemns the continuing deliberate policy of the
Government of the Union of Myanmar to disregard the outcome of the 1990
elections and its unwillingness to hand over power to those democratically
elected, and reaffirms that its refusal to convene the Parliament elected in
1990 constitutes a violation of the principle established in Article 21 of=
 the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights that "the will of the people shall be=
 the
basis of the authority of government";

        3.      Reaffirms that in demanding that Parliament be convened and=
 in
setting up the "Committee representing the People=92s Parliament", the MPs=
 elect
are merely defending the rights of their constituents to take part in the
conduct of public affairs through representatives of their choice, as
guaranteed under Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,=
 and
exercising their right to discharge the mandate entrusted to them in 1990;

        4.      Calls again on its member Parliaments to press for respect=
 for
democratic principles in Myanmar and show, by whatever means they deem
appropriate, particularly through support for the "Committee representing=
 the
People=92s Parliament", their solidarity with their colleagues from the=
 Pyithu
Hluttaw elected in 1990, and invites member Parliaments to inform it of any
steps they may take to that effect;=20

        5.      Is gravely concerned at the death of yet two more MPs elect=
 in
detention and the allegation that this may be the result of the harsh
conditions under which they are held, and wishes to ascertain the exact
circumstances of their death;=20

        6.      Strongly urges the authorities to release immediately and
unconditionally all MPs elect detained for political reasons and to put an
immediate end to all practices aimed at preventing the MPs elect from=
 engaging
in any political activity;=20

        7.      Formally reiterates its wish to send a mission to the Union=
 of
Myanmar;=20
        8.      Requests the Secretary General to convey this resolution to=
 the
authorities of Myanmar together with the invitation of the Committee to send=
 a
representative, for the purpose of initiating a dialogue with it, to its=
 next
session (January 2000);

        9.      Requests the Committee on the Human Rights of=
 Parliamentarians
to continue examining this case and report to it at its next session=
 (April-May
2000).





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<font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times">INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION<br>
PLACE DU PETIT-SACONNEX<br>
1211 GENEVA 19<br>
<br>
<br>
</font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" size=3D3><b><div=
 align=3D"center">
MYANMAR<br>
<br>
</b>Parliamentarians arrested between 1990 and 1993 and still
detained:<br>
<br>
</font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" size=3D2><b><table border=3D0>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/01 - OHN KYAING<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 M=
YN/36
- MYINT NAING</font></th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>case N=B0 MYN/04 - KHIN MAUNG SWE<th width=3D317>CASE N=
=B0
MYN/41 - ZAW MYINT</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0/MYN/09 - SEIN HLA OO<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0
MYN/42 - MYA WIN</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/10 - WIN HLAING<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 M=
YN/60
- ZAW MYINT MAUNG</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/13 - NAING NAING<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0
MYN/68 - AUNG KHIN SINT</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/26 - HLA TUN<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0=
 MYN/71 -
KYI MYINT</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/28 - TIN AUNG AUNG<th width=3D317>CASE N=
=B0
MYN/73 - FAZAL AHMED</th></tr>
</b></table>
<br>
</b><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" size=3D3><div align=3D"center">
Parliamentarians arrested between 1996 and May 1998:<br>
<br>
</font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" size=3D2><b><table border=3D0>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/64&nbsp;&nbsp; - DAVID HLA
MYINT<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 MYN/112 - HLA WIN</font></th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/83&nbsp;&nbsp; - KYAW MIN<th width=3D317>C=
ASE
N=B0 MYN/113 - AYE THAN</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/84&nbsp;&nbsp; - SOE
THEIN<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 MYN/114 - OHN NAING</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/85&nbsp;&nbsp; - KHUN MYINT
HTUN<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 MYN/115 - Thein Zan</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/86&nbsp;&nbsp; - AYE SAN<th width=3D317>CA=
SE
N=B0 MYN/116 - NYUNT HLAING</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/87&nbsp;&nbsp; - DO
HTAUNG<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 MYN/117 - Kyaw Myint</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/88&nbsp;&nbsp; - CHIT
HTWE<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 MYN/118 - THAN NYEIN</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/89&nbsp;&nbsp; - MYO
NYUNT<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 MYN/119 - MAY WIN MYINT</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/100 - HLA MYINT<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0
MYN/120 - SAN SAN</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/101 - SAW OO REH<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0
MYN/121 - TIN OO</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/102 - HLA MIN<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 MYN=
/122
- MIN SOE LIN</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/103 - TIN AUNG<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 MY=
N/123
- NAN KHIN HTWE MYINT</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/104 - KYAW KHIN<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0
MYN/124 - OHN MAUNG</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/105 - KYIN THEIN<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0
MYN/125 - MAHN KYAW NI</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/106 - KYAW TIN<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 MY=
N/126
- TUN WIN</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/107 - SAN MYINT<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0
MYN/127 - BO HTWAY</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/108 - MIN SWE<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 MYN=
/128
- THA AUNG</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/109 - THAN AUNG<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0
MYN/129 - KYI LWIN</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/110 - TIN MIN HTUT<th width=3D317>CASE N=
=B0
MYN/130 - TIN WIN</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/111 - SAW LWIN<th width=3D317></th></tr>
</b></table>
<br>
<font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" size=3D3><div align=3D"center">
Since September 1998, more than a hundred MPs elect have been arrested
and forty were still in detention as at October 1999<br>
<br>
</b>Parliamentarians deceased:<br>
<br>
</font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" size=3D2><b><table border=3D0>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/53 - U HLA THAN<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0 M=
YN/67
- HLA PE</font></th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/55 - TIN MAUNG WIN<th width=3D317>CASE N=
=B0
MYN/72 - SAW WIN</th></tr>
<tr><th width=3D287>CASE N=B0 MYN/66 - WIN KO<th width=3D317>CASE N=B0=
 MYN/131 -
HLA KHIN</th></tr>
</b></table>
<br>
<br>
</b><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" size=3D3><div align=3D"center">
<b><i>Resolution adopted without a vote by the Council of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union<br>
at its 165th session </i>(<i>Berlin, 16 October 1999</i>)<br>
<br>
<br>
</b></div>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>The
Inter-Parliamentary Council,<br>
<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Referring</i>
to the outline of the case of the above-mentioned elected members of the=
 Pyithu Hluttaw (People's Assembly) of the Union of Myanmar, as contained in=
 the report of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians=
 (CL/165/12(b)R.1), and to the relevant resolution adopted at its=
 164</font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times"=
 size=3D1><sup>th</font></sup><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times"=
 size=3D3>session (April 1999),<br>
<br>
<i><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Recalling </i>that on=
 27 May 1990 a national election called by the then State Law and Order=
 Restoration Council (SLORC) was held to constitute a new Parliament (Pyithu=
 Hluttaw) and that the National League for Democracy (NLD) won 392 of the=
 485 seats (about 81% of total seats), all the above persons being among=
 those elected; that, however, instead of transferring power as it had=
 pledged before the election, SLORC ruled, in Declaration 1/90, that the=
 duty of the elected representatives was merely to draft a new democratic=
 Constitution and convene a &quot;National Convention&quot; to this end;=
 that, under severe pressure from SLORC, the National League of Democracy=
 participated in the Convention=92s work but withdrew in November 1995 thus=
 severing whatever link there may have been between the Convention and the=
 popular will as expressed in the 1990 elections,<br>
<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Considering </i>that,=
 since 1990, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC, formerly SLORC)=
 not only systematically impeded the functioning of the National League for=
 Democracy, in particular, but eliminated from the political process the MPs=
 elected in 1990, first by invalidating election results, dismissing them=
 from Parliament and banning them from future elections, by forcing them to=
 resign, orchestrating no-confidence motions against them and finally by=
 arresting, detaining and sentencing them under laws (such as the Emergency=
 Provision Act, State Protection Act, Official Secrets Act, Printers and=
 Publishers Registration Act, Unlawful Associations Act, etc.) considered by=
 the competent United Nations human rights bodies to be in breach of=
 international civil and political rights standards,<br>
<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Recalling</i> that the=
 National League for Democracy, together with the Shan Nationalities League=
 for Democracy, the Rakhine Democracy League, the Mon National Democratic=
 Front and the Zo-me National Congress, requested the authorities to convene=
 the Parliament and, their request being disregarded, established in=
 September 1998 a body, the Committee representing the People=92s Parliament=
 (CRPP), temporarily to represent Members of Parliament elected in 1990 and=
 prevented by the authorities from exercising the mandate conferred on them=
 by the people of Myanmar in the democratic elections of 1990; that, as a=
 result of this, scores of MPs elect and other persons supporting the CRPP=
 were arrested and detained in what the authorities called &quot;guest=
 houses&quot;,<br>
<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Considering</i> that=
 the CRPP has received support from the leaders of all political parties=
 represented in the Norwegian Parliament, from five parties represented in=
 the Danish Parliament, from the National Assembly of Belgium, which passed=
 a resolution announcing support for the CRPP, and from the Legislative=
 Assembly of British Columbia, which in March 1999 urged the Canadian=
 Government to recognise the CRPP as &quot;the legitimate instrument of the=
 will of the Burmese People&quot;, <br>
<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Noting </i>that,=
 according to the sources, 40 of the elected members of the Pyithu Hluttaw=
 were in detention as at October 1999, and <i>recalling </i>in this=
 connection that conditions of detention in Myanmar are reported to be harsh=
 and to include cruel disciplinary practices and torture, lack of proper=
 medical care and insufficient food; <i>considering </i>that that Aung Min,=
 an MP elect from Mandalay, died on 24 October 1998 while in custody at a=
 &quot;guest house&quot; and that, on 31 May 1999, Hla Khin, an MP elect,=
 died while in custody; he allegedly committed suicide owing, the=
 authorities stated, to alcohol addiction; <i>recalling further</i> in this=
 connection the death in prison of Tin Maung Win, Hla Tan and Saw Win in=
 January 1991, August 1996 and August 1998, respectively,<br>
<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><x-tab>&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Bearing in mind </i>the=
 consistent appeals made by the United Nations General Assembly and=
 Commission on Human Rights in their resolutions on the human rights=
 situation in Myanmar to the authorities of Myanmar, urging them to=
 &quot;<i>take urgent and meaningful measures to ensure the establishment of=
 democracy in accordance with the will of the people as expressed in the=
 democratic elections held in 1990 and, to this end, to engage immediately=
 and unconditionally in a substantive dialogue with the leaders of political=
 parties and the ethnic minorities ... to accelerate the process of=
 transition to democracy, in particular through the transfer of power to=
 democratically elected representatives and to release immediately and=
 unconditionally those detained for political reasons</i>&quot;,<br>

<dl>
<dl>
<dd><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>1.<x-tab>=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Regrets</i> that the=
 authorities of Myanmar have not replied to the requests for information=
 addressed to them; <br>
<br>

<dd><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>2.<x-tab>=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Strongly condemns</i> the=
 continuing deliberate policy of the Government of the Union of Myanmar to=
 disregard the outcome of the 1990 elections and its unwillingness to hand=
 over power to those democratically elected, and <i>reaffirms</i> that its=
 refusal to convene the Parliament elected in 1990 constitutes a violation=
 of the principle established in Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of=
 Human Rights that &quot;<i>the will of the people shall be the basis of the=
 authority of government</i>&quot;;<br>
<br>

<dd><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>3.<x-tab>=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Reaffirms </i>that in=
 demanding that Parliament be convened and in setting up the=
 &quot;<i>Committee representing the People=92s Parliament</i>&quot;, the=
 MPs elect are merely defending the rights of their constituents to take=
 part in the conduct of public affairs through representatives of their=
 choice, as guaranteed under Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of=
 Human Rights, and exercising their right to discharge the mandate entrusted=
 to them in 1990;<br>
<br>

<dd><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>4.<x-tab>=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Calls again on </i>its member=
 Parliaments to press for respect for democratic principles in Myanmar and=
 show, by whatever means they deem appropriate, particularly through support=
 for the &quot;<i>Committee representing the People=92s=
 Parliament</i>&quot;, their solidarity with their colleagues from the=
 Pyithu Hluttaw elected in 1990, and <i>invites </i>member Parliaments to=
 inform it of any steps they may take to that effect; <br>
<br>

<dd><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>5.<x-tab>=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>I<i>s gravely concerned </i>at=
 the death of yet two more MPs elect in detention and the allegation that=
 this may be the result of the harsh conditions under which they are held,=
 and <i>wishes to ascertain </i>the exact circumstances of their death; <br>
<br>

<dd><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>6.<x-tab>=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Strongly</i> <i>urges</i> the=
 authorities to release immediately and unconditionally all MPs elect=
 detained for political reasons and to put an immediate end to all practices=
 aimed at preventing the MPs elect from engaging in any political activity;=
 <br>
<br>

</dl>
</dl><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>7.<i><x-=
tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Formally reiterates</i> its=
 wish to send a mission to the Union of Myanmar; <br>

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<dd><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>8.<x-tab>=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Requests</i> the Secretary=
 General to convey this resolution to the authorities of Myanmar together=
 with the invitation of the Committee to send a representative, for the=
 purpose of initiating a dialogue with it, to its next session (January=
 2000);<br>
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<dd><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>9.<x-tab>=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><i>Requests</i> the Committee on=
 the Human Rights of Parliamentarians to continue examining this case and=
 report to it at its next session (April-May 2000).<br>
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