26 September 2007
Speaking to media earlier today, the Prime Minister warned Burma’s leaders that "the whole world is now watching" as Burmese authorities launched a crackdown on the protestors who have taken to the streets.
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Prime Minister:
The whole world is now watching Burma and this illegitimate and oppressive regime should know that the whole world is going to hold it to account and that the age of impunity for neglecting and over-riding human rights is over.
I want to pay tribute to the courage and the resilience and the bravery of the Burmese people and of Aung San Sun Kyi who everybody around the world admires.
And as a result of the deterioration of the situation I think there’s three things that have got be done immediately. The European Council will be meeting at official level immediately and I believe that they will decide that if there is action taken against human rights that there will be an extension of sanctions. And I hope the whole of the European Union will support that.
At the same time I hope the Security Council will meet immediately - meet today - discuss this issue and look at what can be done. And the first thing that can be done is that the UN Envoy should be sent to Burma - and I hope he’s in a position to go - to make sure that the Burmese regime directly is aware that any trampling of human rights that takes place will have the whole eyes of the world upon them and will not be acceptable in future.
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