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Rohingyas, including refugees and internally displaced persons, and to ensure the human
rights of those who return;
13.
Also calls upon the Government of Myanmar to immediately start a process
for the expeditious verification of refugees and forcibly displaced persons in a time-bound
manner that accommodates many refugees’ and forcibly displaced persons’ lack of
documentation;
14.
Welcomes the public commitment of the Government of Myanmar to
implement the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State to the
fullest extent and urges the Government to implement them swiftly and in their entirety, to
allow reconciliation in Rakhine State and to commence a process of inclusive development
meaningful for all communities, and notes the establishment of the Union Enterprise for
Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine;
15.
Calls upon the international community and regional organizations to provide
support, including humanitarian and development assistance, to the Government of
Myanmar for the implementation of the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on
Rakhine State, including recommendations regarding an inclusive and transparent
citizenship verification process, the provision of documentation for non-citizens and their
equal access to essential social services, including education, health care and freedom of
movement, and on finding sustainable solutions in building intercommunal harmony
towards lasting peace, stability and prosperity for the benefit of the whole population, and
calls upon the Government of Myanmar to provide unhindered access for such
humanitarian assistance;
16.
Encourages the international community, in the true spirit of interdependence
and burden-sharing, to continue to assist Bangladesh in the provision of humanitarian
assistance to the forcibly displaced Rohingya Muslims and other minorities until their
return to their places of origin in Myanmar and to assist Myanmar in the provision of
humanitarian assistance to affected persons of all communities displaced internally within
Rakhine State, taking particular account of the vulnerable position of women and children;
17.
Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to address the root causes of the
Rohingya crisis, including by addressing the issue of the statelessness of the Rohingya
population by ensuring their equal access to full citizenship and related rights, including
civil and political rights, and, to those ends, to amend the 1982 Citizenship Law to ensure
its conformity with universally recognized principles and to restore the citizenship of the
Rohingya population through an open, fast, voluntary and transparent process of national
verification based on past census and other data that leaves no individual unregistered nor
hinders their access to essential social services, including education and health care, and, in
the event of any dispute, involving independent national and international observers for
transparency and accountability;
18.
Also calls upon the Government of Myanmar to take all measures necessary,
while fully respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms, to counter any incitement to
hatred or violence by publicly condemning such acts and holding those who conduct such
acts accountable under criminal law, and acknowledges the Government’s efforts to
promote interfaith dialogue in the country;
19.
Encourages further efforts to promote intercommunal interfaith dialogue in
order to de-escalate tension and foster peaceful coexistence among all ethnic and religious
groups in Myanmar;
20.
Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to cooperate with and assist the
relevant special procedure mandate holders in the discharge of their respective mandates, to
provide them with all necessary information requested by them and to give serious
consideration to responding favourably to their requests to visit the country in order to
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