In a resolution adopted by 563 votes to 3 with 4 abstentions, MEPs backed the demonstrators, condemned the brutal reaction of the authorities and called for the international community to prepare "targeted economic sanctions" against the regime should it fail to respond.
Ar 563 balsīm par, 3 pret, un 4 atturoties, pieņemtajā rezolūcijā Eiropas Parlaments augsti novērtē demonstrantu pretestību nedemokrātiskajai Birmas varai un aicina starptautisko sabiedrību paredzēt ekonomiskas sankcijas, ja Birma nepārtrauks represijas.