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21. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to ensure timely, safe, full and
unhindered access to all parts of Myanmar, including conflict and border areas, for the
United Nations, international humanitarian organizations and their partners, and,
taking into account the need for a swift facilitation of requests for visa and in-country
travel permission, encourages the Government to build on the experience of the
Tripartite Core Group and to continue its cooperation to allow humanitarian assistance
to reach all persons in need throughout the country, including displaced persons;
22. Encourages the Government of Myanmar to resume its humanitarian
dialogue with the International Committee of the Red Cross and to allow it to carry
out its activities according to its mandate, in particular by granting access to persons
detained and to areas of internal armed conflict;
23. Also encourages the Government of Myanmar to continue to cooperate
with international health entities on HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis;
24. Reaffirms its full support for the good offices of the Secretary-General
pursued through his Special Adviser on Myanmar, consistent with the report of the
Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Myanmar,7 and urges the
Government of Myanmar to cooperate fully with the good offices mission, including
by facilitating the visits of the Special Adviser to the country and granting him
unrestricted access to all relevant stakeholders, including the highest level of
leadership within the army, political parties, human rights defenders, representatives
of ethnic groups, student leaders and other opposition groups, and to respond
substantively and without delay to the proposals of the Secretary-General, including
the establishment of a United Nations office in support of the mandate of the good
offices;
25. Welcomes the role played by countries neighbouring Myanmar and
members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in support of the good
offices mission of the Secretary-General;
26. Also welcomes the continued contribution of the Group of Friends of the
Secretary-General on Myanmar in support of the work of the good offices mission;
27. Urges the Government of Myanmar to respond favourably to the requests
of the Special Rapporteur to visit the country, and to cooperate fully with him in the
exercise of his work as mandated by the Human Rights Council, and to implement
the four core human rights elements recommended by the Special Rapporteur; 9
28. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to engage in a dialogue with the
Office of the High Commissioner with a view to ensuring full respect for all human
rights and fundamental freedoms;
29. Welcomes the recent workshop held in cooperation with the Office of the
High Commissioner in view of the upcoming universal periodic review by the
Human Rights Council, and encourages the Government of Myanmar to seek further
technical cooperation in the preparation of the universal periodic review and to
cooperate fully and constructively throughout the process;
30.
Requests the Secretary-General:
(a) To continue to provide his good offices and to pursue his discussions on
the situation of human rights, the transition to democracy and the national
reconciliation process with the Government and the people of Myanmar, involving
all relevant stakeholders, including democracy and human rights groups, and to
offer technical assistance to the Government in this regard;
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See A/63/341, sect. VI.
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