RES/12/20 Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners in Myanmar

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UNITED NATIONS

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General Assembly Distr. GENERAL

A/HRC/RES/12/20 12 October 2009

Original: ENGLISH

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 4

HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*

12/20. Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners in Myanmar

The Human Rights Council,

1. Expresses grave concern at the recent conviction and sentencing of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and calls for her immediate and unconditional release;

2. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar:

(a) To release all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally, enabling them to participate fully in the 2010 elections;

(b) To engage in a genuine process of open dialogue and national reconciliation with the full participation of representatives of all political parties and ethnic groups;

(c) To create, through the above-mentioned and other national measures, the conditions for inclusive, transparent and credible democratic elections, in accordance with international standards.

31st meeting 2 October 2009

[Adopted without a vote.] * The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twelfth session (A/HRC/12/50), chap. I.