Arakan Nes Agency
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations called on Burma on Friday to continue reforms to ensure credible elections next year and to step up efforts to protect ethnic and religious minorities.
A resolution passed the UN General Assembly committee dealing with human rights welcomed positive steps in political and economic reform in Burma but reiterated serious concerns about violence and other discrimination against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
It urged the government to speed up efforts to address abuses against all ethnic and religious minorities and called for the release of remaining political prisoners.
The resolution also urged authorities to continue constitutional reform “to ensure, inter alia, that the elections to be held in 2015 are credible, inclusive and transparent, allowing all candidates to fairly contest the elections.”
The resolution came days after the speaker of Burma’s Parliament said the Constitution could not be changed until after next year’s general election, casting doubt on the chances of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi becoming president and the military’s political power being weakened.
Source : Reuters
