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ensure the protection of children from armed conflict and to pursue its collaboration
with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed
Conflict;
(k) To take urgent measures to put an end to violations of international
human rights and humanitarian law, including the targeting of civilians by military
operations, rape and other forms of sexual violence persistently carried out by
members of the armed forces, and the targeting of persons belonging to particular
ethnic groups;
(l) To end the systematic forced displacement of large numbers of persons
within their country and the violence contributing to refugee flows into
neighbouring countries, and to respect ceasefire agreements;
5.
Calls upon the Government of Myanmar:
(a) To permit all political representatives and representatives of ethnic
nationalities to participate fully in the political transition process without
restrictions and, to that end, to resume without further delay a dialogue with all
political actors, including the National League for Democracy and representatives of
ethnic nationalities;
(b) To pursue, through dialogue and peaceful means, the immediate
suspension and permanent end of conflict with all ethnic nationalities in Myanmar
and to allow the full participation of representatives of all political parties and
representatives of ethnic nationalities in an inclusive and credible process of
national reconciliation, democratization and the establishment of the rule of law;
(c) To allow human rights defenders to pursue their activities unhindered and
to ensure their safety, security and freedom of movement in that pursuit;
(d) To refrain from imposing restrictions on access to and flow of
information from the people of Myanmar, including through the openly available
and accessible use of Internet and mobile telephone services;
(e) To fulfil its obligations to restore the independence of the judiciary and
due process of law, the current state of which is not in compliance with international
human rights law, as well as to ensure that discipline in prisons does not amount to
torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and that conditions
of detention otherwise meet international standards;
(f) To engage in a dialogue with the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights with a view to ensuring full respect for all human
rights and fundamental freedoms;
(g) To engage more actively to eliminate the use of forced labour and to
increase its efforts with the International Labour Organization towards the effective
implementation of the national mechanism established to receive complaints of
forced labour, including allowing the International Labour Organization to distribute
informational material in Myanmar on that mechanism;
(h) To resume its humanitarian dialogue with the International Committee of
the Red Cross and allow it to carry out its activities according to its mandate, in
particular by granting access to persons detained and to areas of internal armed
conflict;
6.
Requests the Secretary-General:
(a) To continue to provide his good offices and to pursue his discussions on
the situation of human rights, the transition to democracy and the national
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