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forms of discrimination, and inclusive and equal access to health services and education, and
birth registration, in full consultation with members of all ethnic minorities and persons in
vulnerable situations, including Rohingya Muslims, including on matters of citizenship for
Rohingya, and affirming the importance of the call by the Secretary-General in this regard,
Emphasizing the importance of timely, equitable and unhindered access to safe,
affordable, effective and quality medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics, and other
health-care products and technologies necessary to ensure an adequate and effective response
to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, including for Rohingya Muslims and other
ethnic minorities in Myanmar,
Underscoring the need for the implementation of and subsequent follow-up on the
status of implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed by Myanmar, the
United Nations Development Programme and the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees on assistance in the repatriation process of all persons displaced
from Rakhine State, including Rohingya Muslims, and calling upon Myanmar to grant United
Nations agencies unfettered access to northern Rakhine so that they can engage meaningfully
with the process,
Alarmed at the continued influx to Bangladesh over the past four decades of 1.1
million Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, including more than 902,000 currently living
there, most of whom have arrived since 25 August 2017 in the aftermath of atrocities
committed by the security and armed forces of Myanmar, as reported by multiple United
Nations mechanisms,
Recognizing that other States members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation,
especially in South-East Asia, continue to host a large number of Rohingya Muslim refugees
who have fled the crisis in Myanmar,
Commending the ongoing humanitarian efforts and commitments that the Government
of Bangladesh, in cooperation with United Nations agencies and the international
community, including all humanitarian actors, has extended to those fleeing human rights
violations and abuses in Myanmar, welcoming in this regard the recently concluded
memorandum of understanding between the Government of Bangladesh and the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to provide humanitarian assistance to
the Rohingya relocated to Bhasan Char, and recognizing the extensive investments that the
Government of Bangladesh has made in its Bhasan Char project, including in facilities and
infrastructure,
Expressing grave concern at the lack of genuine efforts by Myanmar to address the
situation in the Rakhine State, including to commence the repatriation process in a voluntary,
safe, dignified and sustainable manner, in accordance with its bilateral agreements with
Bangladesh,
Underscoring the urgency of the implementation of the national strategy for the
sustainable closure of camps for internally displaced persons in Myanmar, in full consultation
with United Nations agencies, humanitarian and development actors and displaced persons
to ensure their voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return and resettlement in line with
international standards and to guarantee non-discriminatory access to citizenship, the
reassertion of those persons’ control over their original land and safety and security, freedom
of movement, unimpeded access to livelihoods and essential services, including health
services, education and shelter, and compensation for all losses,
Recalling that States have the primary responsibility to respect and protect human
rights, and have the responsibility to comply with their relevant obligations to prosecute those
responsible for crimes involving violations of international law, including international
humanitarian law and international human rights law, and for abuses of human rights law,
and to provide an effective remedy to any person whose rights have been violated, such as
restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-recurrence, with
a view to ending impunity and ensuring accountability and justice,
Recognizing the important role of regional organizations, in particular of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, in facilitating the creation of an environment in
Myanmar that is conducive to the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of forcibly
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