A/HRC/RES/31/24
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 April 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-first session
Agenda item 4
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 24 March 2016
31/24.
Situation of human rights in Myanmar
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, and reaffirming previous
resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, the most recent being Human
Rights Council resolutions 28/23 of 28 March 2015 and 29/21 of 3 July 2015, and General
Assembly resolution 70/233 of 23 December 2015,
Welcoming the work and the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in Myanmar and the cooperation of the Government of Myanmar with the
Special Rapporteur, including the facilitation of her visit to the country from 3 to 7 August
2015, and the agreement to a visit in February 2016, which was subsequently postponed,
Recalling its resolution 5/1, on institution-building of the Human Rights Council,
and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the Council, of
18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her duties in
accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
1.
Welcomes the continued positive developments in Myanmar towards political
and economic reform, democratization, national reconciliation, good governance and the
rule of law, and the efforts made to promote and protect human rights, and, while
recognizing the scale of the reform effort undertaken to date, encourages the Government to
take further steps to consolidate the progress made and to address outstanding issues;
2.
Also welcomes the peaceful and competitive conduct of the elections held on
8 November 2015 and the efforts made towards ensuring a credible electoral process, while
expressing concern over a number of shortcomings and the need for continued reforms to
ensure that all the people of Myanmar, inclusive of religious and ethnic minorities,
including the Rohingya minority, can participate in electoral processes and have their votes
fully reflected in the overall composition of the Parliament;
3.
Further welcomes the inauguration of the new Parliament on 1 February
2016 and the election of a new President on 15 March 2016, encourages the continued
smooth and undisturbed transfer of power as significant steps towards democracy, and calls
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