Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar A/RES/80/221 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 State 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 State so that they can meaningfully engage in the process, Reiterating its deep concern over the continued spread of false news and disinformation, 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 campaigns on Facebook by the Myanmar military against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities had helped to fuel mass violence and subsequently a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims in 2017, expressin g concern that these campaigns, using social media, are 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, and the use of surveillance technologies 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 Muslims, 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 Muslims, Acknowledging the pronouncements of the National Unity Government articulated in the “Policy position on the Rohingya in Rakhine State” released on 3 June 2021, its recognition that Rohingya Muslims are entitled to citizenship as articulated, in particular its acceptance of the final recommendation of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, chaired by Kofi Annan, and its commitment to a new Citizenship Act to replace the 1982 Citizenship Law, and welcoming 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, 25-20983 11/21