YANGON, April 26
(Xinhuanet) -- The Myanmar government rejected on Friday evening a resolution
of the United Nations on human rights adopted in Geneva, complaining some
countries of ignoring its pragmatic developments without identifying
them. The Geneva-based U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopted
the resolution on Thursday, moved by the European Union, condemning the
Myanmar military government for gross human rights violations and expressing
fresh concern at the plight of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has
been under house arrest for 18 months since September
2000. "We unfathomably regret that in spite of all the
cooperation and positive developments concretely taking place on all sectors
in Myanmar, certain countries and certain sectors took pains to
deliberately ignore all these pragmatic developments with the sole intent
to put pressure on Myanmar," said an official Information
Sheet. It added: "In spite of all these unfair and bias
policy and treatment outstandingly imposed on Myanmar by those nations with
their own vested interest, the government of Myanmar, with her
uniqueness and with her people finds herself in continuing to
work together with the accompaniment of the fellow nations and the
U.N. with a view to fulfilling its obligation and
commitment." On human rights issues, the Myanmar government
always insists that whatever human rights mean to various nations with
different economic, social, historical, cultural and traditional values,
human rights for a third world country like Myanmar mean rights
to enjoying the basic human requirements such as security, food and
shelter. Enditem |