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Distr. LIMITED A/HRC/12/L.32 28 September 2009 Original: ENGLISH

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 4

HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION Australia*, Austria*, Belgium, Bulgaria*, Canada*, Croatia*, Cyprus*, Czech Republic*, Denmark*, Estonia*, Finland*, France, Germany*, Greece*, Hungary, Ireland*, Italy, Latvia*, Lithuania*, Luxembourg*, Malta*, Netherlands, New Zealand*, Norway, Poland*, Portugal*, Romania*, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain*, Sweden*, Turkey* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: draft resolution 12/... 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;

* Non-Member State of the Human Rights Council.

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A/HRC/12/L.32 page 2 2. (a) Calls upon the Government of Myanmar: 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. -----