The President made a brief statement in which he referred to the fact that Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the Sakharov prize in 1991, was still being held under house arrest by the regime in Burma, where breaches of human rights were continuing.
Priekšsēdētājs sniedza īsu paziņojumu, kurā norādīja, ka 1991. gada Saharova prēmijas laureātei Aung San Suu Kyi pārvietošanās brīvību vēl arvien liedz Birmā valdošais režīms, kas turpina sistemātiski pārkāpt cilvēktiesības.