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15.
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 forcibly displaced Rohingya and other minorities until their return to their places
of origin or their place of choosing in Myanmar, and to assist Myanmar in the provision of
humanitarian assistance to all affected persons of all communities displaced internally in
Myanmar, including in Rakhine State, taking into account the vulnerable situation of women,
children, older persons and persons with disabilities;
16.
Notes the adoption of a national strategy on the resettlement of internally
displaced persons and the closure of camps for internally displaced persons by the
Government of Myanmar in November 2019, urges the implementation of the strategy in
accordance with international standards, in full consultation with the internally displaced
persons and by promoting their voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return to places of
origin or places of choosing and the removal of any restrictions on movement as the priority
in Kachin, Rakhine, Shan States and in the south-east of Myanmar, as well as in consultation
with the United Nations system and relevant civil society organizations, and encourages
ensuring consultation with and the representation of women at all levels of decision-making
relating to the camp-closure strategy and its implementation;
17.
Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to cooperate fully with and to grant
full, unrestricted and unmonitored access for all United Nations mandates and human rights
mechanisms, including the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, the Special
Rapporteur and relevant United Nations agencies and international and regional courts and
human rights bodies to independently monitor the situation of human rights, and to ensure
that individuals have unhindered access to and can communicate with the United Nations and
other human rights entities without fear of reprisal, intimidation or attack;
18.
Also calls upon the Government of Myanmar to ensure full respect for
international humanitarian law and to allow free and unhindered access to the entire country
for local and international staff of humanitarian and other relevant international agencies to
provide humanitarian assistance, including age-, disability- and gender-responsive
assistance, and the delivery of supplies and equipment in order to allow the said personnel to
perform efficiently their task of assisting affected civilian populations, including internally
displaced persons;
19.
Urges the Government of Myanmar to grant full and unhindered access to the
diplomatic corps, independent observers and representatives of the national and international
independent media, without fear of reprisal, intimidation or attack, and to lift the Internet
shutdown in Rakhine and Chin States that has been in place in four townships since 21 June
2019 and five more townships since 3 February 2020;
20.
Welcomes the involvement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in
finding solutions in Rakhine State and the establishment of an ad hoc support team of the
Association’s secretariat, and calls for an even stronger engagement by the Association in
close collaboration with relevant United Nations agencies in supporting voluntary, safe,
dignified and sustainable returns in compliance with international law, including
international humanitarian law, international human rights law and refugee law;
21.
Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to safeguard those who report
violations and abuses, and in this regard expresses concern at reports of the arrest of
individuals exercising those rights, and also calls upon the Government to amend or repeal
restrictive laws and to end remaining curbs on exercising the rights to the freedoms of religion
or belief, expression, association and peaceful assembly, both online and offline, which are
essential to ensure a safe and enabling environment for all, notably for civil society,
journalists and media workers, human rights defenders, casualty recorders, lawyers,
environmental and land rights activists and civilians;
22.
Encourages the Government of Myanmar to review and repeal the
amendments made in 2018 to the Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law, and
urges the Government to establish an inclusive land governance framework and to resolve
issues of land tenure, in full consultation with affected populations, including ethnic minority
communities;
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