Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other
minorities in Myanmar
A/RES/79/182
targeting vessels in the territory of Bangladesh, and also about the ongoing armed
conflict between the Myanmar military and other armed actors undermining the safety
and security of people and property in bordering Bangladesh,
Recalling the bilateral arrangement of return concluded between the Government
of Bangladesh and the Government of Myanmar on 23 November 2017 in Nay Pyi
Taw, and noting the exchange of visits between the group of Rohingya refugees to
northern Rakhine and Myanmar officials to Cox’s Bazar under this arrangement, while
regretting that no repatriation could commence under the arrangement owing to the
continued absence of a conducive environment in Rakhine State,
Underscoring the urgent need for the renewal and subsequent implementation
of the memorandum of understanding between Myanmar and the United Nations
Development Programme and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees on assistance in the repatriation process of all displaced persons from
Rakhine State, including Rohingya Muslims, and calling upon relevant stakeholders
in Myanmar to grant United Nations agencies unhindered access to northern Rakhine
so that they can meaningfully engage in the process,
Reiterating its deep concern over the continued spread of false news and
information, hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric, in particular through social
media, notably targeting Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, and at the findings
of the Independent Mechanism for Myanmar in its recent report that coordinated and
organized hate speech campaign on Facebook by the Myanmar military against
Rohingya Muslims and other minorities had helped to fuel mass violence and
subsequently mass exodus of Rohingya in 2017, expressing concern that this
campaign, using social media, is still taking place unabated, and condemning all
instances of hate speech,
Reiterating its deep concern also at the restrictions and attacks on civil society,
journalists and media workers, including restrictions on seeking, receiving and
imparting information, including Internet shutdowns in Myanmar, that may also
exacerbate further the plight of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities,
Underlining the importance of the call by the Secretary-General for increased
efforts to implement the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine
State, to address the root causes of the crisis, including those on access to citizenship
for Rohingya, freedom of movement, the elimination of systematic segregation and
all forms of discrimination, and inclusive and equal access to health services and
education, and birth registration, in full consultation with members of all ethnic and
minority groups and persons in vulnerable situations, including on matters of
citizenship for Rohingya,
Acknowledging the pronouncements of the National Unity Government
articulated in the “Policy position on the Rohingya in Rakhine State” released on
3 June 2021, and the subsequent pledges to dismantle the discriminatory legal
framework that exacerbated the human rights violations against the Rohingya
Muslims and other minorities, and stressing the need to implement the “Policy
position on the Rohingya in Rakhine State”,
Recalling the commitment of the Secretary-General to implementing the
recommendations made by the independent inquiry into the involvement of the United
Nations in Myanmar from 2010 to 2018, and underlining the urgent need to implement
relevant recommendations to enable more effective work in the future and to
strengthen the prevention capacity of the United Nations system, while regretting the
lack of progress in this regard,
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