Situation of human rights in Myanmar A/RES/70/233 and repeats its call upon the Government to take necessary measures to ensure accountability and end impunity; 11. Welcomes the signing of the nationwide ceasefire agreement by the Government of Myanmar with eight armed groups as a significant step and as progress towards initiating an inclusive and comprehensive national political dialogue with the objective of achieving lasting peace, encourages the Government and remaining non-signatory ethnic armed groups to continue discussions towards realizing the signing of the agreement, and urges all parties to end violence and to fully implement existing ceasefire agreements, including by protecting individuals against ongoing violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law and by granting safe, timely, full and unhindered humanitarian access to all areas; 12. Urges the Government of Myanmar to intensify its efforts to address discrimination, human rights violations, displacement and economic deprivation affecting members of various ethnic and religious minorities and stateless populations, and to counter incitement to hatred and hate speech leading to violence, and expresses concern over the recent enactment of four laws relating to issues of race and religion and continuing concern over the 1982 Citizenship Law; 13. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to ensure the rule of law and to further increase its efforts to promote tolerance and peaceful coexistence in all sectors of society by, inter alia, further facilitating interfaith and inte rcommunal dialogue, and to issue identity documents that secure the legal status and rights of all former white-card holders in accordance with the Government’s international commitments to respect human rights without discrimination of any kind; 14. Reiterates its serious concern about the situation of the Rohingya in Rakhine State and of other minorities subject to marginalization and instances of human rights violations and abuses, and calls upon the Government of Myanmar to protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all individuals, including persons belonging to the Rohingya minority, to allow for self -identification, to ensure equal access to full citizenship and related rights, including civil and political rights, for all stateless persons, freedom of movement, as well as the safe and voluntary return of internally displaced persons to their communities of origin, and rapid and unhindered access to humanitarian assistance without discrimination, to ensure equal access to services, particularly health and education, the right to marry and birth registration and to undertake full, transparent and independent investigations into all reports of human rights violations and abuses in order to ensure accountability and bring about reconciliation; 15. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to ensure its full cooperation with all parties and to allow full access for humanitarian assistance to affected persons and communities, and in this regard urges the Government to implement the various cooperation agreements not yet implemented, made between the authorities of Myanmar and the international community for the distribution of humanitarian aid to all affected areas, including Rakhine State, without discrimination; 16. Underlines its strong concern at the plight of migrants, including asylum seekers, and refugees in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal and travelling along land routes, and, welcoming the commitment by Governments in the region to provide temporary shelter and protection for refugee s, encourages the continued efforts of the Government of Myanmar, other countries in the region, regional organizations and the international community to save lives, to take appropriate measures to prevent and counter trafficking in persons and the smuggl ing of all 3/4