JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, notably the dissolution of democratic political parties
10.5.2023 - (2023/2694(RSP))
replacing the following motions:
B9‑0240/2023 (The Left)
B9‑0241/2023 (Verts/ALE)
B9‑0246/2023 (S&D)
B9‑0247/2023 (Renew)
B9‑0249/2023 (ECR)
Pedro Marques, Marianne Vind, Tonino Picula, Evin Incir
on behalf of the S&D Group
Abir Al‑Sahlani, Nicola Beer, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Bernard Guetta, Svenja Hahn, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Karen Melchior, Javier Nart, Urmas Paet, Dragoş Pîslaru, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Michal Šimečka, Ramona Strugariu, Dragoş Tudorache, Hilde Vautmans
on behalf of the Renew Group
Heidi Hautala
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Anna Fotyga, Karol Karski, Angel Dzhambazki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Anna Zalewska, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Eugen Jurzyca, Veronika Vrecionová, Alexandr Vondra, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Assita Kanko, Bogdan Rzońca, Elżbieta Kruk, Adam Bielan, Elżbieta Rafalska
on behalf of the ECR Group
Marisa Matias, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Motion for a European Parliament resolution on Myanmar, notably the dissolution of democratic political parties
The European Parliament,
– having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Myanmar,
– having regard to the statements by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 29 March 2023 on Myanmar,
– having regard to Rules 144(5) and 132(4) of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas on 28 March 2023, forty political parties in Myanmar were dissolved, including the National League for Democracy (NLD), as they did not register in accordance with the regime’s Political Parties Registration Law;
B. whereas since January 2022, the junta had imprisoned hundreds of members of the NLD, some of whom have died in detention;
C. whereas on 21 December 2022 the UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an end to violence and the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained persons;
1. Strongly condemns the junta’s violent and illegitimate rule, which has plunged Myanmar into a human rights and humanitarian crisis; rejects any attempt by the military leaders to legitimise their undemocratic power through sham elections;
2. Strongly condemns the decision of the military-appointed Union Election Commission of Myanmar to dissolve forty political parties and the ensuing arrests of politicians; calls for the immediate reinstatement of these parties;
3. Urges the junta to immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners; calls for an immediate end to the unlawful state of emergency and the indiscriminate use of force, the restoration of the civilian government, the re-establishment of a path towards democracy and the swift opening of parliament with the participation of all elected representatives;
4. Calls on the EU and its Member States to substantially increase humanitarian aid to the people and refugees of Myanmar, including Rohingya;
5. Strongly condemns the use of rape as a weapon and the military’s regular airstrikes on civilian targets;
6. Urges the international community to coordinate and use all available political avenues to work with ASEAN and other regional actors to overcome the crisis, including significantly increasing support for the National Unity Government (NUG) and democratic opposition groups, working towards instituting a global arms embargo on Myanmar and referring the country to the International Criminal Court;
7. Calls on the EU to introduce additional targeted sanctions against the military and its business interests, including sanctions on aviation fuel, the No.2 Mining Enterprise and the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank, and to rapidly enforce their implementation;
8. Calls on the Commission to demonstrate that the Everything But Arms scheme does not benefit the junta or otherwise to temporarily withdraw the mechanism;
9. Calls on the EU to demonstrate that any engagement with Myanmar, including by private companies and EU-based undertakings such as MADE, is subject to strengthened human rights due diligence processes to protect and guarantee workers’ rights;
10. Condemns Russia and China for their political, economic and military backing of Myanmar’s junta;
11. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the NUG, the CRPH, the Tatmadaw, ASEAN, the UN, the VP/HR, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.