Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to urge the UN Security Council to call upon Burma’s State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the Commander of its Security Forces, Senior General Min Aung, to put an immediate end to violence and to facilitate full, unfettered access to humanitarian aid and international observers; to work for a secure and robust UN Security Council resolution; and to work with regional partners and ASEAN in building multilateral support at the UN with nations and international organisations that have a vested interest in the economic and social welfare of Burma and in maintaining international peace and security in the region.

The UK has consistently maintained UN Security Council attention on Burma. We co-led a Council visit to Burma and Bangladesh in March. We subsequently secured a Council press statement on 9 May which urged Burma to implement its MoU with Bangladesh, grant the UN immediate full access to Rakhine and agree a MoU with the UNDP and UNHCR. We discuss Burma regularly with ASEAN and other regional partners; most recently the Foreign Secretary raised Burma in a call with Japanese Foreign Minister Kono on 5 June.