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meaningful dialogue with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and calls upon the new
Government of Myanmar to take immediate measures to undertake a genuine
dialogue with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all other concerned parties, civil society
groups and ethnic groups, and to permit them to consult freely among each other
and with other domestic stakeholders;
Strongly regrets that the Government of Myanmar did not hold free, fair,
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transparent and inclusive elections and refused to allow international election
observers and independent foreign or local journalists to freely monitor or report on
the voting, and calls upon the Government to begin an inclusive post-election phase,
including through meaningful dialogue and the participation of representatives of all
groups in the political life of the country, within the framework of a transition to a
civilian, legitimate and accountable system of government, based on the rule of law
and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Strongly calls upon the Government of Myanmar to lift restrictions on
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the freedom of assembly, association and movement and the freedom of expression,
including for free and independent media, including through the openly available
and accessible use of Internet and mobile telephone services, and ending the use of
censorship, including the use of restrictive laws to prevent the reporting of views
critical of the Government;
Expresses grave concern at the continuing practice of arbitrary
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detentions, enforced disappearances, rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture
and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and urges the Government
of Myanmar to undertake without further delay a full, transparent, effective,
impartial and independent investigation into all reports of human rights violations
and to bring to justice those responsible in order to end impunity for violations of
human rights, and, regretting that previous calls to that effect have not been heeded,
calls upon the Government to do so as a matter of priority and, if necessary, drawing
on the assistance of the United Nations;
Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to undertake a transparent,
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inclusive and comprehensive review of compliance of the Constitution and all
national legislation with international human rights law, while fully engaging with
democratic opposition, civil society groups, ethnic groups and other stakeholders,
while recalling once more that the procedures established for the drafting of the
Constitution resulted in a de facto exclusion of opposition groups from the process;
Urges the Government of Myanmar to ensure the independence and
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impartiality of the judiciary and to guarantee due process of law, and to fulfil earlier
assurances made to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in
Myanmar to begin a dialogue on judicial reform;
10. Expresses concern about the conditions in prisons and other detention
facilities and consistent reports of ill-treatment of prisoners of conscience, including
torture, and about the moving of prisoners of conscience to isolated prisons far from
their families where they cannot receive food and medicine;
11. Expresses deep concern about the risk of further armed conflict in some
areas as a result of continued pressures imposed by the national authorities on
certain ethnic groups and the exclusion of some key ethnic political parties from the
election process, and calls upon the Government of Myanmar to protect the civilian
population in all parts of the country and for all concerned to respect existing
ceasefire agreements;
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