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the Association and the Special Envoy of the Chair of the Association on Myanmar, including
by granting him access to all stakeholders, and expresses its support for these efforts;
44.
Expresses its support for further efforts to implement the five-point consensus
of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, in this regard welcomes the Association
Leaders’ review of and decision on the implementation of the five-point consensus,
welcomes the work of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, and
encourages engagement with her, allowing the fulfilment of the mandate as set out by the
Secretary-General, including by travelling to the country;
45.
Calls for a more active role of the United Nations, notably through the timely
designation of a resident coordinator of United Nations local agencies in Myanmar on a
permanent basis so as to ensure greater coherence and efficiency of action on the ground and
to continue taking action to hold the military accountable for its crimes;
46.
Stresses the urgent need to safeguard those who report violations and abuses
and to immediately cease the killing, torture and other ill-treatment, bodily injury and
arbitrary detention of all civil society actors, including journalists and media workers, human
rights defenders, casualty recorders, lawyers, environmental and land rights activists, health
and humanitarian workers, trade union leaders and members, and other civilians;
47.
Encourages the commencement of an inclusive dialogue, involving all relevant
stakeholders, to resolve the crisis and achieve sustainable peace and stability in Myanmar,
and in this regard underlines the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the
United Nations, including through the Special Envoy of the Chair of the Association on
Myanmar and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, as well as the
importance of the international community’s support for processes led by the Association;
48.
Calls for continued steps and necessary measures to be taken to promote the
inclusion, human rights and dignity of all people living in Myanmar, to address sexual and
gender-based violence, discrimination and the spread of prejudice, including the spread of
disinformation, hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric, including on online platforms, social
media and messaging services, and to combat incitement to hatred and violence against
ethnic, religious and other minorities, including Rohingya, in accordance with the Rabat Plan
of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes
incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, also in line with recommendation 9 of the
executive summary of the Independent Commission of Enquiry, including by refraining from
engaging in hate speech or encouraging others to engage in hate speech and refraining from
implementing measures purported to address hate speech that do not comply with
international standards;
49.
Also calls for action to address and document conflict-related sexual and
gender-based violence in Myanmar, with the full participation of civil society, particularly
women’s rights organizations and women and girls from conflict-affected communities, to
prevent such violence, to end impunity, to hold perpetrators accountable and to provide
survivors with access to adequate assistance, support services, justice and reparations;
50.
Underlines the importance of consulting with survivors and the families of
victims and survivors, including Rohingya and persons belonging to other minorities, and of
including them in advancing justice and accountability, as appropriate;
51.
Calls for appropriate action to eliminate child and forced labour, including to
respond in full to the recommendations made by the Commission of Inquiry for Myanmar of
the International Labour Organization, to protect the rights of workers in natural resource
extraction and to demilitarize mining regions, and for action to establish an inclusive land
governance framework and to resolve issues of land tenure, including by amending relevant
legislation, in particular the Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law, in full
consultation with relevant groups and ethnic communities, including Rohingya;
52.
Encourages all business enterprises, including transnational corporations and
domestic enterprises operating in Myanmar or that have parts of their supply chain in
Myanmar, to implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the
recommendations made by the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar
on the economic interests of the Myanmar military, encourages all transnational enterprises
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