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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.]
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