A/HRC/RES/50/3 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 4

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