A/HRC/4/14 page 5 I. INTRODUCTION 1. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar was established by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 1992/58 of 3 March 1992 and extended in resolution 2005/10. By its decision 1/102, the Human Rights Council decided to extend all mandates and mechanisms transferred to it by the Commission on Human Rights pursuant to resolution 60/251 of the General Assembly. 2. During the course of his mandate, which started in December 2000, the Special Rapporteur was authorized by the Government of Myanmar to visit the country on six occasions. However, the Special Rapporteur has not been allowed to conduct a fact-finding mission to Myanmar since November 2003. While he has not been granted access to the country during the period covered by this report, he has continued to fulfil his mandate to the best of his ability based on information collected from a variety of independent and reliable sources. 3. Throughout the six-year period of the Special Rapporteur’s mandate, substantiated reports of grave human rights violations continued to be received on an ongoing basis. With the vast majority of his communications to the authorities not receiving a response, little evidence was available to the Special Rapporteur of a commitment by the Government to respond to these human rights violations. 4. The Special Rapporteur, however, takes note of recent replies by the Government to official communications by the special procedures of the Council. He finds this development encouraging and urges the Government to continue its dialogue with the Special Rapporteur and other special procedures. 5. Building on the Special Rapporteur’s last report to the General Assembly (A/61/369 and Corr.1), the present and final report of the Special Rapporteur focuses on the main pattern of human rights violations he has identified in the course of his mandate. The report covers the period from February 2006 to 10 January 2007. II. ACTIVITIES OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR 6. In view of the fact that he continued to be prevented from visiting Myanmar, the Special Rapporteur visited neighbouring countries in the region where he received the support of all United Nations country teams. From 11 to 26 February 2006, the Special Rapporteur visited India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand where he conducted consultations with representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, diplomats, parliamentarians (in India), the Inter-Parliamentary Caucus of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as non-governmental actors. 7. In Jakarta, the Special Rapporteur held meetings with the Secretariat of ASEAN, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia and scholars. In Kuala Lumpur, he held a meeting with the former Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Myanmar. In Bangkok,