Situation of human rights in Myanmar A/RES/73/264 Noting with deep concern that the targeted violence against the Rohingya Muslims and others in Rakhine State has forced over 723,000 people – most of them women and children – to flee to Bangladesh since 25 August 2017, Noting with deep concern also the security, human rights and humanitarian situation in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States and the continued serious violations and abuses of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and of persons belonging to other minorities, as well as the statelessness, disenfranchisement, economic dispossession, marginalization, deprivation of livelihood and restrictions on freedom of movement for persons belonging to the Rohingya community, including the confinement of approximately 120,000 people in camps for internally displaced persons, the majority of whom rely entirely on foreign aid, Noting the stated commitment of the Government of Myanmar to implementing the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, regretting that over the past year the Government of Myanmar has not yet implemented the recommendations, and calling upon the Government of Myanmar to implement fully the recommendations of the Advisory Commission, including those regarding inclusive development, freedom of movement, human rights, security sector reform, humanitarian access and access by the media, and a pathway to full citizenship for all individuals without discrimination and regardless of ethnicity or religion, and to address the underlying causes of the situation in Rakhine State, Acknowledging with grave concern statements made by the Secretary-General on 26 February 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 7 March 2018, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights on 6 March 2018 and the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on 27 February 2018 on the situation of human rights in Rakhine State, in which they referred to ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, and recalling the resolution adopted by the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation at its forty fifth session on the establishment of an Organization of Islamic Cooperation ad hoc ministerial committee on accountability for human rights violations against the Rohingya and the recommendations made by the participants in the international consultation meeting on the Rohingya crisis, which was held in Ankara on 6 July 2018, Welcoming the visit of the Security Council to Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, from 28 April to 1 May 2018, and sharing its grave concern at the scale of the humanitarian crisis on the ground and its emphasis on finding a solution to the current situation of the Rohingya, Welcoming also the visit of the Secretary-General to Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar in July 2018, recalling his statement to the Security Council on 28 August 2018, in which he referred to the crisis in Rakhine State as “one of the world’s worst humanitarian and human rights crises”, and commending the Secretary-General’s continued attention to this situation, Expressing concern at the reports of continued intimidation and violence against the remaining Rohingya Muslim population and other minority groups in Myanmar, Recalling the responsibility of States to comply with their relevant obligations, to prosecute those responsible for violations of international law, including international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international criminal law and international refugee law, as well as abuses of human rights law, and to provide an effective remedy to any person whose rights have been violated, with a view to ending impunity, Reiterating the urgent need to ensure that all those responsible for crimes related to violations and abuses of international human rights law and international criminal law are held to account through credible and independent national, regional or 18-22647 3/8