General News
Conflicting Realities: Reform, Repression and Human Rights in Myanmar
Canada and the world have reacted to the changes that have occurred in Burma over the past year with cautious optimism. However, as the witnesses who appeared before the Subcommittee stressed, Burma is emerging from 60 years of repressive military rule, characterized by grave human rights violations, an absence of the rule of law, persistent internal armed conflicts, and low levels of human and economic development.
Mr. Greg Giokas, Director General, South, Southeast Asia and Oceania at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), underlined the fact that progress on human rights in Burma was unlikely to be entirely smooth and cannot be expected to happen overnight.1 Developing the capacity within Burma to implement proposed reforms remains a major challenge. The Subcommittee agrees with Mr. Giokasโ assessment that, on the part of reformers within Burmaโs civilian government, โthis is a very sincere attempt to open up the country to democratic institutions to ensure prosperity and stabilityโ for the people of Burma.
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Source: House of Chamber, Canada
When: 26/6/2013
