Canadian lawmakers call for UNSC action on Burma

Canadian lawmakers call for UNSC action on Burma
(Kaowao: June 28, 2006)

Fifty Members of Parliament call for United Nations Security Council
action on Burma, addressing to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and 15
members of UN Security Council yesterday.

The Canadian MPs urged UN chief and members of Security Council, by
signing and adding their names on a letter, to put the situation in
Burma on the formal agenda of the UNSC and to pass a binding resolution
requiring the restoration of democracy to Burma.

According to a statement from the CFOB (Canadian Friends of Burma)
based in Ottawa, the Parliamentarians noted that the UNSC briefings
were only a first step and increasingly unstable situation in Burma
represents a threat not only to the people of Burma, but also to
international peace and security. The UNSC has rendered two briefings
on Burma in December 2005 and in May 2006.

"Canada's support in this effort is very significant, given
enlisting of 50 MPs which we haven't seen in Canada," said Tin
Maung Htoo, Coordinator of CFOB. "This parliamentarians' support
strengthens the position of the Government of Canada that has already
expressed the need to have an UNSC action on Burma," he added.

Recently, Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay issued a statement
calling on UN Security Council to tackle Burma issue, an explicit call
made after the United States.

Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB) lobbied MPs to support this letter in
Canada, as part of international effort that drew more than 562
parliamentarians support from 35 countries including Burma's
neighbors and member countries of UN Security Council.

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