A/RES/70/233 United Nations Distr.: General 4 March 2016 General Assembly Seventieth session Agenda item 72 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2015 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/70/489/Add.3)] 70/233. Situation of human rights in Myanmar The General Assembly, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International Covenants on Human Rights 2 and other relevant human rights instruments, and recalling its previous resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, the most recent of which is resolution 69/248 of 29 December 2014, those of the Commission on Human Rights and those of the Human Rights Council, the most recent of which are resolutions 28/23 of 27 March 2015 3 and 29/21 of 3 July 2015, 4 Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Myanmar 5 and the facilitation by the Government of Myanmar of the visits of his Special Adviser to the country from 15 to 20 January, from 24 to 26 February, from 17 to 22 March, from 22 May to 6 June, on 6 and 7 August and from 12 to 16 October 2015, Welcoming also the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in Myanmar 6 and the access granted to her during her visits to Myanmar from 7 to 16 January and from 3 to 7 August 2015, 1. Welcomes the continued positive developments in Myanmar towards political and economic reform, democratization and national reconciliation, good governance and the rule of law and the efforts to promote and protect human rights, recognizes the scale of the reform effort undertaken to date, and encourages the Government of Myanmar to take further steps to consolidate the progress made and address outstanding concerns; 2. Also welcomes the peaceful and competitive conduct of the elections on 8 November 2015, the participation in voting of large numbers of the people of _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventieth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/70/53), chap. III, sect. A. 4 Ibid, chap. V, sect. A. 5 A/70/332 and Corr.1. 6 A/70/412. 2 15-16987 (E) *1516987* Please recycle