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be undertaken into those events and that those responsible be held to account, about attacks
against Muslim minorities elsewhere in the country and about intimidation of and threats to
the United Nations and other humanitarian workers operating in Rakhine State; calls upon
the Government of Myanmar to protect all civilians from violence, to ensure full respect for
human rights and fundamental freedoms, including full and immediate access to
humanitarian assistance without discrimination, unhindered access by humanitarian
agencies across Rakhine State and the safe and voluntary return of internally displaced
persons and refugees to their communities of origin, to allow freedom of movement and
equal access to full citizenship for the Rohingya minority, and to address issues of land
ownership and restitution of property; and, while welcoming some measures taken by the
Government in this regard, encourages the Government to facilitate interfaith and
intercommunity dialogue and to address the root causes of the issue and to undertake full,
transparent and independent investigations into all reports of human rights violations to
ensure accountability and to bring about reconciliation;
11.
Welcomes the improved engagement and cooperation of the Government of
Myanmar with the United Nations and other international actors, including the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and the
International Labour Organization, and the progress made towards ending recruitment and
use of child soldiers in Myanmar and towards the elimination of forced labour, including
the Government’s agreement to an extension of the action plan to end and prevent the
recruitment and use of children by the armed forces, and encourages its full implementation
and also the implementation of other relevant agreements, including the commitment to end
forced labour by 2015;
12.
Expresses concern at further delays, while recalling the commitment of the
Government of Myanmar to open a country office of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, notes ongoing negotiations and calls upon the
Government to promptly establish the office with a full mandate and to specify a process
for the opening of the office in accordance with the mandate of the High Commissioner;
13.
Encourages the international community to continue to support the
Government of Myanmar in the fulfilment of its international human rights obligations and
commitments, the implementation of its democratic transitional process and its economic
and social development, and encourages private companies to ensure that their investment
and related activities respect human rights in accordance with the Guiding Principles on
Business and Human Rights;
14.
Decides to extend for one year the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights in Myanmar, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the
Commission on Human Rights and Human Rights Council resolutions 7/32 of 28 March
2008, 10/2 of 27 March 2009, 13/25 of 26 March 2010, 16/24 of 25 March 2011, 19/21 of
23 March 2012 and 22/14 of 21 March 2013 and, in addition, invites the Special Rapporteur
to include in his or her next report, inter alia, further recommendations on the needs of
Myanmar, including with regard to technical assistance and capacity-building and
information on the progress in the electoral process and reform in the run-up to the 2015
elections;
15.
Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to continue its cooperation with the
next Special Rapporteur in the exercise of the mandate, including by facilitating further
visits, while welcoming the cooperation of the Government with the Special Rapporteur,
and calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the Special Rapporteur with
all the assistance and resources necessary to enable him or her to discharge the mandate
fully;
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