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where the risk of starvation is increasing, and other areas affected by conflict and violence
remains severely restricted for the international humanitarian assistance community,
including United Nations agencies, humanitarian actors and the international media;
36.
Calls for the establishment of concrete steps towards the creation of an
environment conducive to the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of all refugees
and stateless persons, including Rohingya and other forcibly displaced persons, residing in
Bangladesh, and recalls in this regard the bilateral arrangement of return concluded between
Bangladesh and Myanmar in 2017, as well as those residing in other host States, and for
access to accurate and reliable information, as corroborated by the United Nations and other
relevant actors, on the conditions in Rakhine State and in other parts of the country in order
to reasonably address the core concerns of all refugees, including Rohingya and other forcibly
displaced persons, thereby enabling them to return to their places of origin or places of their
choosing in a voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable manner;
37.
Welcomes the decision by the General Assembly, in its resolution 79/182 of 17
December 2024, to hold a high-level conference on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and
other minorities in Myanmar, and expresses hope that the high-level conference will propose
a comprehensive, innovative and concrete plan for a sustainable resolution of the crisis,
including efforts to create a conducive environment for the timely, voluntary, safe,
sustainable and dignified return of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar;
38.
Encourages the international community, in the true spirit of interdependence
and equal burden- and responsibility-sharing, to assist Bangladesh in providing assistance to
Rohingya refugees and forcibly displaced persons until a sustainable solution to the crisis is
found and such time as they are voluntarily repatriated to Myanmar in safety and dignity, and
to assist in the provision of assistance in Myanmar to all affected persons of all communities
displaced internally in Myanmar, including in Rakhine State, taking into account the
vulnerable situation of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities,
including by adequately funding the Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya humanitarian
crisis;
39.
Calls for immediate, full, unrestricted and unmonitored access for all United
Nations mandate holders and human rights mechanisms and international and regional courts,
tribunals and human rights bodies to independently monitor the situation of human rights,
including by ceasing Internet shutdowns and lifting all other Internet restrictions, which
hinder the flow of information essential for accountability, and to ensure that civil society
organizations, human rights defenders, lawyers, victims, survivors, witnesses and other
individuals have unhindered access to and can communicate with the United Nations and
other human rights entities without fear of reprisals, intimidation or attack;
40.
Also calls for an end to the reclassification of villages where Rohingya and
other ethnic minorities were previously located and to the removal of the names of villages
from official maps and potential alterations to how the land may be used, and for the ceasing,
without any delay, the construction of military facilities in those villages;
41.
Further calls for full and unhindered access to be granted to the diplomatic
corps, independent observers and representatives of the national and international
independent media so that they may conduct their work without fear of reprisals, intimidation
or attack;
42.
Stresses the role and the importance of the involvement of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations in facilitating and launching political dialogue, encourages regional
players to work in that direction, and calls upon all States Members of the United Nations to
protect Myanmar nationals within their borders, as appropriate, and to respect the principle
of non-refoulement;
43.
Expresses its deep concern at the lack of progress made by the Myanmar
military in the implementation of the five-point consensus of the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations, reiterates the urgent call upon Myanmar to fully, swiftly and effectively
implement the five-point consensus, including through constructive dialogue among all
relevant parties, and to facilitate a peaceful solution in the interests of the people of Myanmar
and their livelihoods, to that end calls upon all stakeholders in Myanmar to cooperate with
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