The EU has now decided to permanently lift those sanctions. Important steps have been made in the intervening year. However, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Federation of Trade Unions – Myanmar (FTUM) believe that much work remains to be done.
ITUC – FTUM Statement on the Lifting of EU Sanctions on Myanmar
On April 26, 2012, the European Union (EU) agreed to suspend for one year its restrictive measures on Myanmar, while signalling several important issues where the country needed to make further progress.