Andrew Bartlett (Queensland, Australian Democrats) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Stott Despoja I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

that 19 June 2006 is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 61st birthday,

(ii)

that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has spent more than 10 years in detention and that on 27 May 2006 her house arrest was extended by the Burmese military junta for another year, and on her 61st birthday she is no closer to freedom,

(iii)

the continued suffering of the Burmese people at the hands of the Burmese military regime, and

(iv)

that so long as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest continues, Burma’s development toward democracy will remain critically constrained; and

(b)

urges the Government to maintain pressure on the regime.

Question agreed to.