BURMA (No. 2)

Summary

That this House notes that Burma is one of the world's largest producers and transporters of illicit opium; notes that the military regime's record on human rights is appalling; notes that the International Olympic Committee's consent for an ethnically unrepresentative team to compete in the Sydney 2000 Olympiad adds credence to the regime; calls upon the IOC to ban Burma from the Olympics in Sydney, 2000; also calls for more pressure to be brought to bear upon other major sports events that sanitise those participant nations which are increasingly involved in the hard drugs trade; and calls for an expansion in education in the UK about Golden Triangle hard drugs and human rights abuses.

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1. 7 March 2000

   Early Day Motion

   That this House notes that Burma is one of the world's largest producers and transporters of illicit opium; notes that the military regime's record on human rights is appalling; notes that the International Olympic Committee's consent for an ethnically unrepresentative team to compete in the Sydney 2000 Olympiad adds credence to the regime; calls upon the IOC to ban Burma from the Olympics in Sydney, 2000; also calls for more pressure to be brought to bear upon other major sports events that sanitise those participant nations which are increasingly involved in the hard drugs trade; and calls for an expansion in education in the UK about Golden Triangle hard drugs and human rights abuses.

   Source: Early Day Motion

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• Mr Mike Hancock · Liberal Democrat · Primary sponsor

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