A/HRC/RES/22/14
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
10 April 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-second session
Agenda item 4
Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
22/14.
Situation of human rights in Myanmar
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, and reaffirming previous
resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, the most recent being Human
Rights Council resolution 19/21 of 23 March 2012 and General Assembly resolution
67/233 of 24 December 2012,
Welcoming the work and reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in Myanmar,1 as well as the cooperation of the Government of Myanmar with the
Special Rapporteur, including the facilitation of his visits to the country from 30 July to 4
August 2012 and from 11 to 16 February 2013,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, on institution-building of the
Council, and 5/2, on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her
duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
1.
Welcomes the continued positive developments in Myanmar and the stated
commitment of the Government of Myanmar to continue on the path of political reform,
democratization and national reconciliation and the promotion and protection of human
rights;
2.
Also welcomes the continued engagement of the Government of Myanmar
with political actors within Parliament, civil society and opposition parties, and urges the
Government to continue electoral reform and to pursue an inclusive and sustained dialogue
with the democratic opposition and political, ethnic and civil society groups and actors,
leading to national reconciliation and lasting peace in Myanmar;
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
1
GE.13-12881
the Council on its twenty-second session (A/HRC/22/2), chap. I.
A/67/383 and A/HRC/22/58.
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