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(c) To consider as a matter of high priority becoming a party to all
instruments of international human rights law and international humanitarian law,
and to ensure that existing legal obligations are implemented;
(d) To promote the full enjoyment of all human rights and allow human
rights defenders to pursue their activities unhindered and to ensure their safety,
security and freedom of movement in that pursuit;
(e) To put an immediate end to the recruitment and use of child soldiers and
to extend full cooperation to relevant international organizations in order to ensure
the demobilization of child soldiers, their return home and their rehabilitation in
accordance with Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004) of 22 April 2004 and
1612 (2005), and stresses the need for the Government of Myanmar to maintain
close dialogue with the United Nations Children’s Fund and to cooperate with the
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict in
accordance with Council resolutions 1539 (2004) and 1612 (2005);
(f) To end widespread rape and other forms of sexual violence persistently
carried out by members of the armed forces, in particular against women belonging
to ethnic nationalities, and to investigate and bring to justice any perpetrators in
order to end impunity for those acts;
(g) To end the systematic forced displacement of persons and other causes of
refugee flows to neighbouring countries, to provide the necessary protection and
assistance to internally displaced persons, in cooperation with the international
community, and to respect the right of refugees to voluntary, safe and dignified
return monitored by appropriate international agencies in accordance with
international law, including applicable international humanitarian law;
(h) To release all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally,
including National League for Democracy leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Tin Oo,
and Shan Nationalities League for Democracy leader Khun Htun Oo and other Shan
leaders, and to allow their full participation in an inclusive and credible process of
national reconciliation;
(i) To lift all restraints on peaceful political activity of all persons, including
former political prisoners, by, inter alia, guaranteeing freedom of association and
freedom of expression, including freedom of the media, and to ensure unhindered
access to information for the people of Myanmar and to desist from arresting and
punishing persons for their peaceful political activities;
(j) To urgently resolve the serious issues identified by the very High-level
Team and the International Labour Conference, including to give clear assurances
that no action will be taken against persons lodging complaints of forced labour, to
resolve outstanding allegations of forced labour, to issue the necessary visas to
allow a strengthening of the International Labour Organization presence in
Myanmar, and to respect the freedom of movement of the Liaison Officer ad
interim;
(k) To cooperate fully with the Special Envoy and the Special Rapporteur in
order to bring Myanmar towards a transition to civilian rule, and to ensure that they
are both granted full, free and unimpeded access to Myanmar and that no person
cooperating with the Special Envoy, the Special Rapporteur or any international
organization is subjected to any form of intimidation, harassment or punishment,
and to review as a matter of urgency the cases of those currently undergoing
punishment in this regard;
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