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originated in Kachin and Shan States in Myanmar, the involvement of Tatmadaw
businesses in the jade and ruby mining, and the close association that the mining
industry has with Myanmar’s human rights crisis;
(c)
Scrutinize goods originating from Myanmar, using the list of companies
in the Annexes to this report (and any updated information as it becomes available) to
inform consumer choices, and support non-Tatmadaw businesses in Myanmar by
purchasing goods from businesses without links to the Tatmadaw.
190.
To international financial institutions:
(a)
Support and encourage investment only in the non-Tatmadaw linked
private sector to support the growth of alternative economic actors to the Tatmadaw
and associated businesses;
(b)
Implement and deliver development projects in keeping with the human
rights-based approach to programming, including participation, empowerment, local
ownership, and sustainability;
(c)
Support and deliver development, investment, and reconstruction in a
fair, equitable, non-discriminatory, sustainable and non-politicized manner; for this
reason, not undertake any economic or development activity, other than emergency
humanitarian assistance, in Rakhine State until and unless all restrictions on the
remaining Rohingya populations are lifted;
(d)
Follow a human rights, community and protection approach when
planning and implementing development projects, especially with regard to where and
how development projects and programming are carried out or assistance provided.
Projects or assistance must not provide economic or other benefit to parties where there
is reason to suspect they were unlawfully involved in acts that constituted crimes under
international law, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide;
(e)
In development projects in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States, do not
support or engage in activities that destroy or contaminate crime sites or other evidence
for the purposes of accountability;
(f)
Ensure that any direct budget support to the Myanmar Government
contributes to the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals and the economic
and social rights of the entire population in Myanmar in a non-discriminatory manner,
to ensure that no one is left behind.
191.
To the United Nations, including its funds, programmes and agencies:
(a)
Do not provide assistance and programming that may prejudice the goals
of accountability for international human rights law and international humanitarian
law violations in relation to Myanmar;
(b)
Place the specific needs of women and children at the forefront of UN
humanitarian, development and reconstruction planning and implementation;
(c)
Undertake further investigations into the following areas:
(i)
Companies owned by the Tatmadaw directly, as well as MEHL,
MEC, their subsidiaries, and Myanmar Northern Star Company;
(ii)
MEHL, MEC and other Tatmadaw companies’ past and present
leadership;
(iii)
Tatmadaw-owned real estate projects;
(iv)
Companies owned by Tatmadaw leadership and the immediate
family members of high-ranking officials, including Tatmadaw officers
linked to crimes under international law in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan
States;
(v)
Assets of identified perpetrators;
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