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the remaining four townships in Rakhine State and to repeal article 77 of the
Telecommunications Act in order to avoid any further cutting of Internet access and the
stifling of the rights to freedom of opinion and expression and information, in accordance
with international human rights law;
10.
Also welcomes the adoption by the Government of Myanmar of a new law on
children’s rights allowing, inter alia, the registration at birth of all children, and the agreement
by Parliament to the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of
the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, but emphasizes the need for the
Government to further protect the right of all children, including Rohingya children, to
acquire citizenship in order to eliminate statelessness, in accordance with the obligations of
Myanmar under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and to ensure the protection of
all children in armed conflict;
11.
Urges the Government of Myanmar to cooperate fully with and to grant full,
unrestricted and unmonitored access to all United Nations mandate holders and human rights
mechanisms, including the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar,
the ongoing independent mechanism established by the Human Rights Council in its
resolution 39/2, referred to by the Secretary-General as the Independent Investigative
Mechanism for Myanmar in his terms of reference for the Mechanism, relevant United
Nations agencies and international and regional human rights bodies to independently
monitor the situation of human rights, and to ensure that individuals can cooperate without
hindrance with these mechanisms without fear of reprisal, intimidation or attack, and
expresses deep concern that international access to affected areas of Northern Rakhine State
remains severely restricted for the international community, including for United Nations
agencies, humanitarian actors and international media;
12.
Welcomes the entry into operation on 30 August 2019 of the Mechanism, with
its mandate to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of the most serious
international crimes and violations of international law committed in Myanmar since 2011,
and to prepare files in order to facilitate and expedite fair and independent criminal
proceedings, in accordance with international law standards, in national, regional or
international courts or tribunals that have or may in the future have jurisdiction over these
crimes, in accordance with international law, and urges the Mechanism to swiftly advance its
work and to ensure the effective use of evidence of the most serious international crimes and
violations of international law collected by the independent international fact-finding
mission;
13.
Calls for close cooperation between the Mechanism and any ongoing or future
investigations pertaining to serious international crimes and violations of international law in
Myanmar by national, regional or international courts or tribunals;
14.
Calls upon the United Nations to ensure that the Mechanism is afforded the
necessary support and resources it needs in terms of staffing, location and operational
freedom so it can deliver as effectively as possible on its mandate, and urges Member States
in the region to cooperate with the Mechanism, to grant it access and to provide it with every
assistance in the execution of its mandate;
15.
Welcomes the final report of the independent international fact-finding
mission, and urges the Government of Myanmar and the international community to give due
consideration to the recommendations contained in the reports of the fact-finding mission;
16.
Reiterates the importance of the full implementation of all recommendations
of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State to address the root causes of the crisis,
including those on the right to a nationality and equal access to citizenship, freedom of
movement, the elimination of systematic segregation and all forms of discrimination, and
inclusive and equal access to health services and education, and birth registration, in full
consultation with all ethnic and religious minorities and persons in vulnerable situations, as
well as civil society;
17.
Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to make efforts to eliminate
statelessness and the systematic and institutionalized discrimination against members of
ethnic and religious minorities, in particular relating to Rohingya Muslims, by, inter alia,
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