UNITED
NATIONS
A
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.
GE.09-16717
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