SOLIDARITY WITH BURMA'S DEMOCRATS

Early day motion 1314, tabled 7 June 2004 by Vera Baird (Labour). Signed by 144 members.

That this House notes that it is now a year since the massacre of up to 100 democracy activists and the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi; believes that the regime's so-called road map to democracy is a sham and that there is no meaningful process inside Burma to bring about democracy; supports the decision of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy to boycott the National Convention; agrees with the Foreign Secretary's statement on 25th June 2003 that the regime responds only to direct pressure; and calls on the Government to deliver on its pledge in June 2003 that it would increase sanctions on the regime if there was not rapid progress to restore democracy.

Signatures by party: Labour 67, Conservative 33, Liberal Democrat 24, Labour/Co-operative 6, Plaid Cymru 4, UUP 4, DUP 2, Scottish National Party 2, Independent Conservative 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.