Myanmar  received  20  recommendations,  accepted  6  and  noted  14.       The  accepted  ones  included:  to  continue  cooperation  with  human  rights  mechanisms   and  the  international  community  in  promoting  and  safeguarding  the  rights  of   multiethnic  people  in  Myanmar  (from  Laos);  to  ensure  that  ethnic  and  religious   minorities  are  granted  fundamental  rights  and  end  discrimination  against  persons   belonging  to  these  minorities  (from  Slovenia);  to  continue  its  efforts  to  engage  with   various  ethnic  groups  and  address  their  humanitarian  and  socio-­‐economic  needs  as  an   integral  part  of  its  democratization  and  reconciliation  process  (from  Thailand);  to  ensure   that  ethnic  minorities  are  granted  fundamental  rights  and  are  enabled  to  enjoy  their   culture,  religion  and  their  language  freely  and  without  any  form  of  discrimination   (Poland);  and  to  solve  long-­‐standing  conflicts  between  the  Government  and  ethnic   groups  in  a  peaceful  manner  (from  Czech  Republic).  It  accepted  to  further  strengthen   the  promotion  and  protection  of  the  human  rights  of  the  Myanmar  people  and  the   ethnic  groups  in  Northern  Rakhine  State  (from  Bangladesh).       The  ones  noted  were  recommendations  to  take  appropriate  measures  and  immediate   steps  to  end  de  facto  and  de  jure  discrimination,  violence,  forced  assimilation,   persecution  (from  Pakistan,  Austria,  Italy,  France,  United  States)  and  to  investigate  and   punish  all  cases  of  intimidation,  harassment,  persecution,  torture  and  forced   disappearance  against  minorities  (from  Uruguay).  Some  recommendations  addressed   certain  minority  groups  or  territories:  to  ensure  full  protection  of  civilians  in  conflict   areas  and  to  prevent  such  conflicts  in  the  future  by  the  creation  of  a  democratic   environment  (from  Czech  Republic),  to  exert  more  efforts  to  promote  and  protect  the   rights  of  Muslim  minorities  (from  Jordan);  to  modify  the  Citizenship  Law  of  1982  to   ensure  all  minorities  equal  rights  as  citizens  and  remove  all  restrictions  imposed  on  the   Muslim  minority  in  Rakhine  State  (from  Switzerland);  to  impede  the  access  to   humanitarian  aid  in  the  regions  where  persecuted  and  discriminated  ethnic  minorities   live  (from  France);  to  grant  full  citizenship  rights  to  Rohingyas  and  end  sexual  violence   committed  against  ethnic  minority  women  (from  the  United  States);  and  to  allow  access   for  international  organizations  to  ethnic  minority  areas  (Norway).       Three  noted  recommendations  referred  to  political  participation:  to  end  harassment,   religious  discrimination,  arbitrary  arrest,  torture,  and  imprisonment  of  peaceful  political   activities  by  ethnic  minorities  (from  Sweden);  to  allow  full  participation  by  all  ethnic  and   democratic  groups,  including  the  National  League  for  Democracy  and  Aung  San  Suu  Kyi,   in  the  political  life  of  the  country,  allowing  the  start  of  a  genuine  process  of  national   reconciliation  (from  the  United  Kingdom);  and  to  ensure  the  free  participation  of   representatives  of  all  political  parties,  including  the  National  League  of  Democracy  as   well  as  other  non  parliamentary  political  parties,  representatives  of  ethnic  groups  and   other  relevant  stakeholders  across  society  in  an  inclusive  political  process  (from  the   Czech  Republic).     39