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"Mr President, for many years I have had a poster on the wall of my office of Aung San Suu Kyi when she was awarded the Sakharov Prize by this Parliament. The poster has got ragged and shabby and curling at the edges. I kept it there in the hope that I would be able to replace it with a happier and more triumphant poster. But, as has been said by many of the excellent speeches this afternoon, there remains still nothing but despair about this wonderful, gentle, charming and immensely brave woman and her attempts to keep the flag of freedom flying in her own country. Her country has become an international pariah state. ASEAN has become, in every sense of the word, a paper tiger in its failure to deal with the awful events in Burma.
An added failure on the part of the West has occurred with the departure of the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Mr Rajsoomer Lallah. He left because he alleged that he was getting virtually no support from the Human Rights Bureau of the United Nations. I know myself what a source of anguish this is for the Commissioner, Mrs Mary Robinson. Mr Lallah has said: "I see very little changing. Year after year the General Assembly and the Commission pass resolutions. I feel disappointed." We feel disappointed. We feel that notwithstanding the many expressions of support and concern from this Parliament we have failed to succeed in making the military junta respond to the concerns of the outside world.
I believe we should have sanctions. Mr Deva has given the views of my group, which I totally support, and it is significant this afternoon that there is not one single person who has spoken who is not at one with these ideas and with the general support for Aung San Suu Kyi and her party. She has had a special place in our hearts here in Parliament for many years. It is almost unbelievable that to this day she remains a prisoner in her own home and has suffered as she has done over the years. I know that it is of some small comfort that we continue to bang on the door of this evil and vicious regime and I hope very much that the suggestions that have been made by both Mr Deva and Mrs Kinnock will be recognised by the Commission and respected."@en1
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