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safe, timely and unhindered humanitarian access to facilitate the provision of essential
goods and services, in particular supply of food, safe drinking water and medicines,
and ensure transparent and non-discriminatory provision of humanitarian assistance
to all in need;
33. Welcomes the continued engagement of ASEAN in facilitating a peaceful
solution in the interests of the people of Myanmar, looks forward to its continued
implementation of the joint needs assessment to provide safe, effective and
transparent delivery of ASEAN humanitarian assistance, without discrimination,
facilitate the repatriation process and promote sustainable development in Rakhine
State, and also looks forward to the comprehensive needs assessment when conditions
allow;
34. Encourages all business enterprises, including transnational corporations
and domestic enterprises operating in Myanmar, to respect human rights and to take
enhanced measures so that their activities do not contribute to or cause any adverse
human rights impacts in line with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human
Rights 30 and the recommendations made by the independent international fact-finding
mission on Myanmar in its report on the economic interests of the Myanmar military;
35.
Requests the Secretary-General:
(a) To continue to provide his good offices and to pursue his discussions
relating to Myanmar, involving all relevant stakeholders, and to offer assistance to
Myanmar;
(b) To submit the report of the Special Envoy on Myanmar covering all
relevant issues addressed in the present resolution to the General Assembly at its
eightieth session;
(c) To provide all assistance necessary to enable the Special Envoy on
Myanmar to promptly and effectively discharge her mandate and to report to Member
States every six months, or as warranted by the situation on the ground;
(d) To develop a strategy for the engagement of the United Nations in
Myanmar and identify ways in which the existing mandates can more effectively
deliver in their respective areas of responsibility concerning Myanmar and can
complement each other’s work through enhanced coordination;
(e) To ensure that all in-country programmes incorporate a human rightsbased approach and undergo due diligence processes;
(f) To urge the Security Council to remain actively seized of the situation in
Myanmar in order to end violence, to restore peace, to end the state of emergency, to
promote fully inclusive and representative dialogue aimed at supporting the
democratic path in Myanmar, to address the root causes of the crisis in Rakhine State,
to resolve the humanitarian crisis, to create the conditions necessary for the voluntary,
safe, dignified and sustainable return of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities and
to ensure accountability for those responsible for mass atrocities and human rights
violations and abuses;
(g) To support the implementation of the 2018 recommendations of the
independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar and assist the work of the
ongoing Independent Mechanism, including by facilitating a dialogue between the
General Assembly and the Mechanism during the eightieth session of the Assembly;
(h) To fully implement the recommendations contained in the report of the
independent inquiry into the involvement of the United Nations in Myanmar from
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