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ensure the provision of humanitarian assistance and to guarantee that it reaches the
most vulnerable groups of the population;
(d) To pursue through dialogue and peaceful means an immediate end to
conflict with all remaining ethnic groups with which ceasefire agreements have not
yet been signed, and to live up to its obligations to improve the development and
human rights situation in ceasefire areas;
(e) To take all necessary steps to pursue cooperation with the International
Labour Organization, with a view to implementing fully the recommendations of the
Commission of Enquiry established to examine the observance by Myanmar of the
International Labour Organization Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory
Labour, and to create an environment in which the Joint Government of the Union
of Myanmar-International Labour Organization Plan of Action for the Elimination
of Forced Labour Practices in Myanmar, in particular the facilitator mechanism
which it established, may be implemented in a credible manner;
5.
Strongly urges the Government of Myanmar:
(a) To end the systematic violations of human rights in Myanmar and to
ensure full respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms;
(b) To immediately and unconditionally release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,
other leaders of the National League for Democracy and members of the National
League for Democracy detained on or after 30 May 2003 and to allow them to play
a full role in bringing about national reconciliation and the transition towards
democracy;
(c)
To immediately and unconditionally release all other political detainees;
(d) To immediately reverse all the other “temporary” measures imposed
following the incident of 30 May 2003, including by reopening all the offices of the
National League for Democracy throughout the country;
(e) To immediately lift all restraints on peaceful political activity and to fully
guarantee freedom of expression, including freedom of the media, association and
assembly;
(f) To put an end to impunity by investigating and bringing to justice any
perpetrators of human rights violations, including members of the military and of
the Union Solidarity and Development Association, and other government agents in
all circumstances;
(g) To enhance cooperation 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 in order to assess first-hand the situation
after 30 May 2003, to bring the country towards a transition to civilian rule, to
ensure that they are both granted full and free access to Myanmar and that all
persons cooperating with them are not subjected to any form of intimidation,
harassment or punishment and, while in Myanmar, to provide them with equal
access to the leaders and members of all the country’s political parties, including the
National League for Democracy;
(h) To restore democracy and respect the results of the 1990 elections and to
enter immediately into substantive and structured dialogue with Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi and other leaders of the National League for Democracy towards
democratization and national reconciliation and, at an early stage, to include other
political leaders in those talks, including representatives of the ethnic groups;
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