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Agenda Item 9: Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world.
"...Even as talks are going on between Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the State Peace and Development Council leaders, a situation
that is totally incompatible with that atmosphere prevails in the country. We are seriously concerned about the ongoing military
operations in the Shan, Karen and Karenni areas. In the course of the ongoing civil war, various forms of human rights
violations are continuing unabated. People are being subjected to extortion, seizure of their property and livestock, forced
labor, torture, rape, and extrajudicial killings. The systematic forced relocation of villages by the Burmese army in these states
has led to a massive displacement of people who have lost the means of earning a living. Starvation, malnutrition, and death
from contagious diseases are common among the estimated one million internally displaced persons in the non-Burman ethnic
areas.
The systematic violations of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights by the State Peace and Development Council
have a significant adverse effect on the health and welfare of the people of Burma..."
Source/publisher:
United Nations
Date of Publication:
2002-03-00
Date of entry:
2003-06-03
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