A/HRC/42/L.21/Rev.1 in Myanmar, to address the spread of discrimination and prejudice and to combat incitement to hatred against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities by publicly condemning such acts and enacting necessary anti-hate speech laws, in accordance with international human rights standards, and by promoting interfaith dialogue in cooperation with the international community, and encourages political and religious leaders in the country to work towards national unity through dialogue; 8. Also reiterates the urgent call upon the Government of Myanmar to sustain the democratic transition of Myanmar, in particular in view of the general elections in 2020 called by the Government, by bringing all national institutions, including the military, under the democratically elected civilian Government; 9. Welcomes the restoration of Internet and data services in five townships in Rakhine and Chin States, but calls upon the Government of Myanmar to lift the shutdown in the remaining four townships in Rakhine State and to repeal article 77 of the Telecommunications Act in order to avoid any further cutting of Internet access and the stifling of the rights to freedom of opinion and expression and information, in accordance with international human rights law; 10. Also welcomes the adoption by the Government of Myanmar of a new law on children’s rights allowing, inter alia, the registration at birth of all children, and the agreement by Parliament to the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, but emphasizes the need for the Government to further protect the right of all children, including Rohingya children, to acquire citizenship in order to eliminate statelessness, in accordance with the obligations of Myanmar under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and to ensure the protection of all children in armed conflict; 11. Urges the Government of Myanmar to cooperate fully with and to grant full, unrestricted and unmonitored access to all United Nations mandate holders and human rights mechanisms, including the Special Rapporteur, the ongoing independent mechanism established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 39/2, referred to by the Secretary-General as the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar in his terms of reference for the Mechanism, relevant United Nations agencies and international and regional human rights bodies to independently monitor the situation of human rights, and to ensure that individuals can cooperate without hindrance with these mechanisms without fear of reprisal, intimidation or attack, and expresses deep concern that international access to affected areas of Northern Rakhine State remains severely restricted for the international community, including for United Nations agencies, humanitarian actors and international media; 12. Welcomes the entry into operation on 30 August 2019 of the Mechanism, with its mandate to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of the most serious international crimes and violations of international law committed in Myanmar since 2011, and to prepare files in order to facilitate and expedite fair and independent criminal proceedings, in accordance with international law standards, in national, regional or international courts or tribunals that have or may in the future have jurisdiction over these crimes, in accordance with international law, and urges the Mechanism to swiftly advance its work and to ensure the effective use of evidence of the most serious international crimes and violations of international law collected by the independent international fact-finding mission; 13. Calls for close cooperation between the Mechanism and any ongoing or future investigations pertaining to serious international crimes and violations of international law in Myanmar by national, regional or international courts or tribunals; 14. Calls upon the United Nations to ensure that the Mechanism is afforded the necessary support and resources it needs in terms of staffing, location and operational freedom so it can deliver as effectively as possible on its mandate, and urges Member States in the region to cooperate with the Mechanism, to grant it access and to provide it with every assistance in the execution of its mandate; 4