NEW YORK, 23 October 2008: Democracy will take decades to take root in Burma, and in the meantime tangible, step-by-step benchmarks should be set up to spur progress in the Asian country, an independent United Nations human rights expert told the General Assembly Thursday.
Addressing the Assembly’s third committee (social, humanitarian and cultural), Tomás Ojea Quintana said assistance; expertise and cooperation with Burma should be provided to help its authorities realize those benchmarks.
– Restoration of full democracy cannot happen overnight; it will take generations, he said.
Mr. Quintana, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma, told the committee that it was not enough for the Assembly to adopt resolutions about the country – it should also provide the resources to implement those resources.
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