A/HRC/RES/42/3
the safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable return of forcibly displaced Rohingya Muslims
and other minorities from Myanmar, including internally displaced persons, including
through the early implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed by the
Government of Myanmar, the United Nations Development Programme and the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;
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.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to follow
up on the implementation of the recommendations made by the independent international
fact-finding mission, including those on accountability, and to continue to track progress in
the situation of human rights in Myanmar, including of Rohingya Muslims and other
minorities, and to present a written report thereon to the Human Rights Council at its fortyfifth session, to be followed by an enhanced interactive dialogue, and to the General
Assembly at its seventy-fifth session;
26.
Decides to transmit the reports of the independent international fact-finding
mission on Myanmar to the General Assembly, and recommends that the Assembly transmit
the reports to all relevant United Nations bodies, and requests the Chair of the independent
international fact-finding mission to present the reports to the Assembly at its seventy-fourth
session;
27.
Welcomes the commitment of the Secretary-General to fully implement the
recommendations contained in the report entitled “A brief and independent inquiry into the
involvement of the United Nations in Myanmar from 2010 to 2018” dated 29 May 2019, and
invites the Secretary-General to ensure a system-wide approach in implementing those
recommendations, to ensure that all involvement with Myanmar takes into account and
addresses human rights concerns, and also invites him to include an update on the
implementation of the recommendations in his presentation to the Human Rights Council at
its forty-third session, in accordance with Council resolution 40/29.
38th meeting
26 September 2019
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 37 to 2, with 7 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chile, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt,
Eritrea, Fiji, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa,
Spain, Togo, Tunisia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Uruguay
Against:
China, Philippines
Abstaining:
Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Japan, Nepal,
Ukraine]
6
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents