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Mr President, a year has not yet passed and this is the third time that we have debated the situation in Burma. We are again calling on the government in that country to respect human rights and basic humanitarian standards for the treatment of prisoners. We point out the injustices, we make appeals, we make requests, we lament the situation, we impose sanctions and, once again, we condemn the regime in Burma. In turn, that regime displays an astonishing immunity to pressure from the international community, ignores the appeals, just does not do anything about them. For this reason it is with some embarrassment that I am standing up to speak about Burma. I see our impotence to date, not just ours, that is, of the European Parliament and the European Union, but also of all assemblies including the United Nations.
For this reason I think the time for words is over. We should make strong demands for diplomatic pressure to be exerted so that, through the diplomatic channels of the Council of the European Union and Member States, the regime should be forced to act properly.
I would like to call for the adoption of points seven and ten of the resolution, which appeal for a process of national reconciliation in that country."@en1
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