Desmond J. O'Malley
Question:103 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps, if any, he will take as President of the European Union and on behalf of the Irish Government to impose immediate trade and investment sanctions on Burma as requested by Aung San Suu Kyi in view of the activities of the authoritarian military regime which is currently running Burma and of the ousting of the democratically elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, by the military dictatorship, the imprisonment of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, the lack of respect for human rights, the use of forced labour and the existence of hundreds of thousands of refugees from Burma in neighbouring countries. [16521/96]