32002E0831

Council Common Position

of 21 October 2002

amending and extending Common Position 96/635/CFSP on Burma/Myanmar

(2002/831/CFSP)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Common Position 96/635/CFSP of 28 October 1996 on Burma/Myanmar(1) expires on 29 October 2002.

(2) There has been insufficient progress in the situation of human rights in Burma/Myanmar.

(3) Common Position 96/635/CFSP should therefore be extended for a further six months.

(4) Changes in the composition of the regime in Burma/Myanmar require an updating of the list of persons subject to restrictive measures contained in the Annex to Common Position 96/635/CFSP first introduced by Council Common Position 2000/346/CFSP of 26 April 2000 extending and amending Common Position 96/635/CFSP(2).

(5) Action by the Community is needed in order to implement some of the measures cited below,

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

The list of persons subject to a visa ban and a freezing of funds contained in the Annex to Common Position 96/635/CFSP is hereby replaced by the list in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

Common Position 96/635/CFSP is hereby extended until 29 April 2003.

Article 3

This Common Position shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 4

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal.

Done at Luxembourg, 21 October 2002.

For the Council

The President

P. S. Møller

(1) OJ L 287, 8.11.1996, p. 1. Common Position as last extended by Common Position 2002/310/CFSP (OJ L 107, 24.4.2002, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 122, 24.5.2000, p. 1.

ANNEX

List of persons referred to in Article 1

1) State Peace and Development Council (SPDC):

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2) Former members of SLORC:

Lt-Gen Phone Myint (5.1.1931)

Lt-Gen Aung Ye Kyaw (12.12.1930)

Lt-Gen Sein Aung (11.11.1931)

Lt-Gen Chit Swe (18.1.1932)

Lt-Gen Mya Thin (31.12.1931)

Lt-Gen Kyaw Ba (7.6.1932)

Lt-Gen Tun Kyi (1.5.1938)

Lt-Gen Myo Nyunt (30.9.1930)

Lt-Gen Maung Thint (25.8.1932)

Lt-Gen Aye Thoung (13.3.1930)

Lt-Gen Kyaw Min (22.6.1932, Hanzada)

Lt-Gen Maung Hla

Maj-Gen Soe Myint

Lt-Gen Myint Aung

3) Former Members of SPDC:

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4) Regional Commanders:

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5) Deputy regional commanders:

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6) Other state/divisional commanders:

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7) Ministers:

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8) Other tourism-related appointments:

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9) Other senior Ministry of Defence officers:

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10) Members of the office of the chief of military intelligence (OCMI):

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11) Former members of government:

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12) Former members of government added from 2000:

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