A/HRC/RES/40/29 18. Expresses concern about the recent amendments to the Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law, and urges the Government of Myanmar to establish an inclusive land governance framework and to resolve issues of land tenure, in full consultation with affected populations, including ethnic minority communities; 19. Emphasizes the need for the Government of Myanmar to cooperate fully with the Government of Bangladesh and with the United Nations, in particular the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and in consultation with the populations concerned to enable the safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable return of all refugees and forcibly displaced persons to their places of origin in Myanmar, and to give returnees freedom of movement and unimpeded access to livelihoods, social services, including health services, education and shelter, and to compensate them for all losses; 20. Welcomes the establishment by the Government of Myanmar of a committee for the prevention of grave violations against children in armed conflict, and encourages the Government to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, and stresses the need to accelerate the implementation of the action plan to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children by government forces; 21. Stresses the importance of an inclusive and comprehensive national political dialogue to ensure the full, effective and meaningful participation of all, particularly ethnic and minority groups and persons in vulnerable situations, as well as civil society, with the objective of achieving lasting peace and reconciliation; 22. Welcomes the establishment of the joint committee to implement steps to amend the Constitution on 19 February 2019, and calls upon the Government of Myanmar, including its military and security forces, to take further steps to reform the Constitution and other legislation, and to strengthen democratic institutions, good governance and the rule of law to ensure respect for and to promote universal human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with international norms and standards, stresses the need for an independent, impartial and effective judiciary and an independent and self-governing legal profession, and calls upon the Government to ensure full compliance with its obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law; 23. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar and its institutions to step up efforts to strengthen the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights and the rule of law, and to advance democratization and inclusive economic and social development towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, including by reforming the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles), and calls upon the international community to support Myanmar in this regard, including through technical assistance and capacity-building programmes; 24. Encourages all business enterprises, including transnational corporations and domestic enterprises, to respect human rights in accordance with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and calls upon the home States of business enterprises operating in Myanmar to set out clearly the expectation that all business enterprises domiciled in their territory and/or jurisdiction respect human rights throughout their operations; 25. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to demilitarize mining regions and to ensure the protection of human rights for workers in natural resource extraction and the enforcement of environmental safety standards, and urges the Government to work with relevant stakeholders and affected populations to develop inclusive policies for natural resource management and benefit sharing; 26. Reiterates its call upon the Government of Myanmar to act on its commitment to open a country office of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, with a full mandate and in accordance with the mandate of the High Commissioner, and encourages the Government to issue a standing invitation to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council; 5