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![A STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Date : December 10, 2010
The promotion and protection of human rights has been a major concern for the United Nations that
had a major responsible to protect the repeat of the horrors of the World War II. Respect for human
rights and human dignity "is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world", as the
General Assembly declared the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1950, all States and
interested organizations were invited by the General Assembly to observe 10 December as Human
Rights Day (resolution 423(V)).
The Day marks the anniversary of the Assembly's adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights in 1948. Over the years, a whole network of human rights instruments and mechanisms has
been developed to ensure the primacy of human rights and to confront human rights violations
wherever they may occur.
Sadly, in our home-front, the regime’s atrocities have continued for decades. The regime in Burma
has held its “sham elections” without regarding international call for fair and inclusiveness. The
fundamental rights for the contestant parties to organize, press and assemblywere denied. The
flawed voting process favored the regime’s party USDP without transparent.
The social and political activities of recently released political leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who
continued to call for national reconciliation, have been constantly sabotaged by the regime. More
then 2200 prisoners of conscience including our 8888 generation leaders are still remained in the
jails through out the country.
In the meantime, the ethnic Karens, Kachins and Shans are the major victims of civil wars among
those in the north and eastern corners of Burma bordering with Thailand and China, where more
than a half millions of internally displaced people live in dire conditions after fleeing conflict
situations in their villages. Over 4,000 ethnic nationality villages have been burnt down by the
military regime. "The world cannot wait while the military regime continues its atrocities against
the people of Burma [Myanmar]," said the jurists from Britain, Mongolia, South Africa, the United
States and Venezuela in the report "Crimes in Burma". "We have called on the UNSC and member
states to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate and report on crimes against humanity and
war crimes in Burma." Later, Mr. Quintana, the special rapporteur for Burma finally concluded that
Burma indeed needed to establish a commission of inquiry with a specific fact-finding mandate to
address the question of international crimes against the generals in Burma."
The people have been suffering under the brutal rules of the world worst dictators like Than
Shwe of Burma, Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, and Kim Jong Il of North Korea helplessly for decades.
The world’s crisis in the trouble-spots demands to review the ruling infrastructure of UN and its
Security Council that guarantee to Russia and China, a key superpower selling its veto to the](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/8981675/85/Human-Rights-Day-1-320.jpg)
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Human Rights Day
The document discusses International Human Rights Day on December 10th and the continued human rights violations in Burma. It summarizes that the UN established Human Rights Day to commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but that the Burmese regime continues atrocities such as denying political freedoms and imprisoning political prisoners. It calls on the international community to take action to stop the Burmese regime's violations of human rights.
Human Rights Day
- 1. A STATEMENT ONINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY Date : December 10, 2010 The promotion and protection of human rights has been a major concern for the United Nations that had a major responsible to protect the repeat of the horrors of the World War II. Respect for human rights and human dignity "is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world", as the General Assembly declared the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1950, all States and interested organizations were invited by the General Assembly to observe 10 December as Human Rights Day (resolution 423(V)). The Day marks the anniversary of the Assembly's adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Over the years, a whole network of human rights instruments and mechanisms has been developed to ensure the primacy of human rights and to confront human rights violations wherever they may occur. Sadly, in our home-front, the regime’s atrocities have continued for decades. The regime in Burma has held its “sham elections” without regarding international call for fair and inclusiveness. The fundamental rights for the contestant parties to organize, press and assemblywere denied. The flawed voting process favored the regime’s party USDP without transparent. The social and political activities of recently released political leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who continued to call for national reconciliation, have been constantly sabotaged by the regime. More then 2200 prisoners of conscience including our 8888 generation leaders are still remained in the jails through out the country. In the meantime, the ethnic Karens, Kachins and Shans are the major victims of civil wars among those in the north and eastern corners of Burma bordering with Thailand and China, where more than a half millions of internally displaced people live in dire conditions after fleeing conflict situations in their villages. Over 4,000 ethnic nationality villages have been burnt down by the military regime. "The world cannot wait while the military regime continues its atrocities against the people of Burma [Myanmar]," said the jurists from Britain, Mongolia, South Africa, the United States and Venezuela in the report "Crimes in Burma". "We have called on the UNSC and member states to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate and report on crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma." Later, Mr. Quintana, the special rapporteur for Burma finally concluded that Burma indeed needed to establish a commission of inquiry with a specific fact-finding mandate to address the question of international crimes against the generals in Burma." The people have been suffering under the brutal rules of the world worst dictators like Than Shwe of Burma, Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, and Kim Jong Il of North Korea helplessly for decades. The world’s crisis in the trouble-spots demands to review the ruling infrastructure of UN and its Security Council that guarantee to Russia and China, a key superpower selling its veto to the
- 2. dictators for theirenergy and natural resources in turn nowadays, to do whatever they want. It indeed is the time for world community to seriously find a way to stop Burma regime that has been moving backward against the Universal Declarations of Human Right. While marking the important day of mankind, we would like to urge international community to call on their governments and all concerned organizations putting an end the sufferings of the people in the world like us. “Please, use your liberty to promote ours” – Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Co-opreative Organizations 1 ) Overseas National Students' Organization of Burma ( H.Q ) Denmark Tay Za Thura General Secretary E-mail : tayzathura@gmail.com 2 ) Burmese Democratic Community ( Netherlands ) Ko Myat Thiha Political Dept E-mail : myatthiha101@yahoo.co.uk 3 ) International Foundation for Burma National Congress ( USA ) ( I.F.B.N.C ) Ko Htun Hlaing Director ( Political Action Committee ) E-mail : kyiwayphy0@yahoo.com 4 ) National League for Democracy ( L.A ) Netherlands Ko Hla Myint Naing Chairman E-mail : hlamyintnaing@yahoo.com 5 ) Overseas National Students' Organization of Burma ( Branch ) Sweden Ko Toe Win Political Dept E-mail : kotoegyi1@yahoo.com
- 3. 6 ) BurmaDemocratic Concern ( BDC ) United Kingdom Ko Myo Thein Director E-mail : myothein@bdcburma.org 7 ) Burma Bureau Germany Ko Sonny Aung Than Oo Foreign Affairs E-mail : atoburma@web.de 8 ) Overseas National Students' Organization of Burma ( Branch ) Thailand Ko Than Phay Secretary E-mail : thanpae@gmail.com 9 ) All Burma Monks Representative Committee ( India ) Ashin Thavara General Secretary E-mail : abmrc.delhi@gmail.com