§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action the EU plans to take regarding the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma; and if the matter will be referred to the UN Security Council. [119476]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienWe are in regular contact with EU partners and are in discussion about what further steps we will take if the regime does not provide immediate satisfactory responses.
The EU has already decided that the strengthened measures of the Common Position will now be implemented. The Common Position contains: an arms embargo; a ban on defence links; a ban on high-level bilateral government visits; a ban on non-humanitarian aid; a ban on the supply of equipment that might be used for internal repression or terrorism; an asset freeze and visa ban on regime members, the military and security forces and others who actively frustrate the process of national reconciliation.
Whether the matter is to be referred to the UNSC is currently under discussion.