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(e) The ever-increasing impact of the human immunodeficiency
virus/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) on the population of
Myanmar;
4.
Calls upon the Government of Myanmar:
(a) To fulfil its obligations to restore the independence of the judiciary and
due process of law, and to take further steps to reform the system of the
administration of justice;
(b) To take immediate action to implement fully concrete legislative,
executive and administrative measures to eradicate the practice of forced labour and
to implement fully the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry established
to examine the observance by Myanmar of the International Labour Organization
Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (Convention No. 29);
(c) To pursue the dialogue with the International Labour Organization with a
view to full and effective representation of the Organization in Myanmar;
(d) To ensure safe and unhindered access to the United Nations and
international humanitarian organizations and to cooperate fully with all sectors of
society by means of consultation, especially with the National League for
Democracy and other relevant political, ethnic and community-based groups, to
ensure the provision of humanitarian assistance and to guarantee that it does reach
the most vulnerable groups of the population;
(e) To continue to cooperate with the Special Envoy of the
Secretary-General for Myanmar and the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on
Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Myanmar;
(f) To consider as a matter of high priority becoming a party to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,2 the Convention against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 7 the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 8 the
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees9 and the Protocol thereto, 10 the
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement
of children in armed conflict 11 and the International Labour Organization
Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of
the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (Convention No. 182);
(g) To pursue through dialogue and peaceful means an end to conflict with
all ethnic groups in Myanmar;
5.
Strongly urges the Government of Myanmar:
(a) To restore democracy and implement the results of the 1990 elections, to
ensure that the contacts with Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders of the National
League for Democracy move without delay into substantive and structured dialogue
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7
Resolution 39/46, annex.
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
9
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545.
10
Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791.
11
Resolution 54/263, annex I.
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