A/HRC/RES/31/24 11. 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 Government of Myanmar and the home States of business companies operating in Myanmar to fulfil their duty to protect human rights; 12. Welcomes the cooperation of the Government of Myanmar with the International Labour Organization, encourages the continued implementation of the memorandum of understanding for the elimination of the use of forced labour in Myanmar and its associated action plan, and the supplementary understanding containing the forced labour complaints mechanism, also encourages further cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner and with all United Nations special procedures, and invites the international community to support the Government of Myanmar further, including through technical assistance and capacity-building, in the fulfilment of its international human rights obligations and commitments, the advancement of democratization and economic and social development; 13. Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar for a further period of one year, requests the Special Rapporteur to submit a progress report to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session and to the Human Rights Council in accordance with its annual programme of work, and invites the Special Rapporteur to continue to monitor the situation of human rights, to measure progress in the implementation of the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur, including those contained in her report submitted to the Council at its thirty-first session,1 and to work with the Government of Myanmar to identify benchmarks for progress and priority areas for technical assistance and capacity-building; 14. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation with the Special Rapporteur, and calls upon the Government of Myanmar to continue its cooperation with the Special Rapporteur in the exercise of the mandate, including by facilitating further visits and access throughout the country; 15. Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to provide the Special Rapporteur with the assistance and resources necessary to enable her to discharge the mandate fully. 64th meeting 24 March 2016 [Adopted without a vote.] 1 A/HRC/31/ 71. 3

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