A/HRC/31/13 humanitarian assistance to those persons. Some 2,000 displaced households had been voluntarily resettled in their original area or in new places. 135. The temporary identity cards had been replaced with new ones to accelerate the citizenship verification process. A pilot project for citizenship verification had been launched in Rakhine State in 2014; citizenship had been granted to more than 900 persons. 136. There was no restriction of movement in areas where the communities had learned to live in harmony. Myanmar was a multi-ethnic and multi-faith country. Hate speech was not tolerated, and the Government and civil society were promoting interfaith dialogue across the country. 137. Myanmar was deeply concerned about the suffering caused by and the lifethreatening situations resulting from smuggling of persons and human trafficking. On three occasions between May and July 2015, Myanmar had rescued about 1,050 people attempting to flee their country by boat. They had been provided with temporary shelter, food and health care. Over 80 per cent of those people were from a neighbouring country and had been repatriated. 138. A landmark in the national reconciliation effort was the signing of the nationwide ceasefire agreement on 15 October 2015. The agreement served as a platform for national reconciliation, and would be followed by political dialogue. 139. Myanmar had inherited the common-law system, and the death penalty was prescribed under the law. However, it could only be carried out pursuant to a final judgment by the Supreme Court. It had not been carried out since 1988. Offenders who were below the age of 16 at the time of the commission of the crime were not to be sentenced to capital punishment. 140. At least three experts from OHCHR were currently working full time in Myanmar. Myanmar had already proposed a technical cooperation mandate for OHCHR, which should be the way forward for cooperation. 141. The Attorney General thanked all speakers for sharing their concerns regarding Myanmar and reiterated some issues touched upon earlier by the delegation, such as gender equality, political prisoners and amnesty, poverty reduction, the upcoming general elections, ratification of treaties, freedom of religion, rule of law and citizenship. 142. The Attorney General reiterated the will of Myanmar to continue its endeavours with respect to human rights. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 143. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by Myanmar and enjoy the support of Myanmar: 143.1 Continue its work in acceding to the core human rights conventions (Belarus); 143.2 Consider ratifying the human rights treaties it has not yet ratified (Japan); 143.3 Consider the ratification of the main international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a State Party (Nicaragua); ** 12 The conclusions and recommendations have not been edited.