A/RES/53/162 Page 4 13. Strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to fulfil its obligations with regard to the Convention on the Rights of the Child,11 as set out in the concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child;12 14. Also strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to fulfil its obligations as a State party to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No.87), of the International Labour Organization, and to implement the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry of the International Labour Organization regarding the implementation of the Forced Labour Convention, and encourages further communication between the Government and the International Labour Organization; 15. Stresses the importance for the Government of Myanmar to give particular attention to improving the conditions in the country’s jails and to allow the competent international humanitarian organization to communicate freely and confidentially with prisoners; 16. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar and other parties to the hostilities in Myanmar to respect fully the obligations under international humanitarian law, including article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949,13 to halt the use of weapons against the civilian population, to protect all civilians, including children, women and persons belonging to ethnic or religious minorities, from violations of humanitarian law and to avail themselves of such services as may be offered by impartial humanitarian bodies; 17. Expresses concern that the situation of human rights in Myanmar, and the lack of stability, have resulted in flows of refugees to neighbouring countries, and may have further negative effects on those countries, and therefore calls upon the Government of Myanmar to create the necessary conditions to ensure an end to the movements of refugees to neighbouring countries and to create conditions conducive to their voluntary return and their full reintegration, in conditions of safety and dignity; 18. Welcomes the recent visits to Myanmar by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the purpose of discussions with the Government and with Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders, and encourages the Government of Myanmar to engage in a broader and more regular dialogue with the SecretaryGeneral and to facilitate access by his representative to all sectors of society in Myanmar; 19. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his discussions on the situation of human rights and the restoration of democracy with the Government of Myanmar, and to submit additional reports to the General Assembly during its fifty-third session on the progress of those discussions, and to report to the Assembly at its fifty-fourth session and to the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-fifth session on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution; 20. Decides to continue its consideration of this question at its fifty-fourth session. 85th plenary meeting 9 December 1998 11 Resolution 44/25, annex. 12 CRC/C/15/Add.69. 13 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.