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obligations of the Government of Myanmar under international human rights law,
and to protect the inhabitants of the country;
(b) To allow a full, transparent, effective, impartial and independent
investigation, primarily by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
in Myanmar, into all reports of human rights violations, including enforced
disappearances, use of violence against peaceful demonstrators, arbitrary detentions,
torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, rape and other forms of sexual
violence, forced labour and forced displacement, and to bring those responsible to
justice in order to end impunity for violations of human rights;
(c) To reveal the whereabouts of persons who are detained or missing or who
have been subjected to enforced disappearance;
(d) To seize the opportunity of the good offices of the Secretary-General and
to cooperate fully with the good offices mission in the fulfilment of its
responsibilities as mandated by the General Assembly, namely, the release of
political prisoners and the commencement of a substantive dialogue on democratic
transition; such cooperation shall include facilitating the visits of the Special
Adviser to the country, allowing him unrestricted access to all relevant parties,
including the highest level of leadership within the regime, human rights defenders,
representatives of ethnic minorities, student leaders and other opposition groups,
and engaging in a genuine and fruitful process aimed at achieving tangible progress
towards democratic reform and full respect for human rights;
(e) To fully implement previous recommendations of the Special Rapporteur,
the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council, the Commission on Human
Rights, the International Labour Organization and other United Nations bodies;
(f) To desist from further politically motivated arrests and to release without
delay and without conditions those who have been arbitrarily arrested and detained,
as well as all political prisoners, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, other leaders of
the National League for Democracy, “88 Generation” group leaders, ethnic group
leaders and all those detained as the result of the protests which took place in
September 2007;
(g) To lift all restraints on the peaceful political activity of all persons by,
inter alia, guaranteeing freedom of peaceful assembly and association and freedom
of opinion and expression, including for free and independent media, and to ensure
unhindered access to media information for the people of Myanmar;
(h) To cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur, including by granting
him full, free and unhindered access in his upcoming visits to Myanmar to monitor
the implementation of Human Rights Council and General Assembly resolutions,
and to ensure that no person cooperating with the Special Rapporteur or any
international organization is subjected to any form of intimidation, harassment or
punishment;
(i) To ensure timely, safe, full and unhindered access to all parts of
Myanmar, including conflict and border areas, for the United Nations, international
humanitarian organizations and their partners and to cooperate fully with those
actors to ensure that humanitarian assistance is delivered to all persons in need
throughout the country;
(j) To put an immediate end to the continuing recruitment and use of child
soldiers in violation of international law, by all parties, to intensify measures to
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