Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar A/RES/80/221 2022, 9 49/23 of 1 April 2022, 10 47/1 of 12 July 2021, 11 46/21 of 24 March 2021, 12 S‑29/1 of 12 February 2021, 13 43/26 of 22 June 2020, 14 42/3 of 26 September 2019, 15 39/2 of 27 September 2018, 16 37/32 of 23 March 2018 17 and S-27/1 of 5 December 2017, 18 the presidential statements issued by the Security Council on 6 November 2017 19 and 10 March 2021, 20 and the press statements of the Security Council on the situation in Myanmar of 9 May 2018, 21 4 February 2021, 22 1 and 30 April 2021 and 4 April 2025, 23 as well as Security Council resolutions 2669 (2022) of 21 December 2022 and 2467 (2019) of 23 April 2019, Condemning in the strongest terms all violations and abuses of human rights, including against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar, before and after the declaration of the state of emergency on 1 February 2021, Reiterating its deep concern over the continued violence, violations and abuses of human rights against and forced displacement of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, and in this regard stressing the need to address the root causes of the crisis in Rakhine State, Expressing its deep concern over the sharp rise in serious human rights violations and abuses since the declaration of the state of emergency by the Myanmar military, which pose further serious challenges to the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of all forcibly displaced persons, including Rohingya Muslims, Condemning the use of excessive force and violence by the Myanmar military and affiliated armed forces, including torture and sexual and gender-based violence, which has led to injuries and fatalities in many cases, against peaceful demonstrators, as well as members of civil society, women, young people, children, minorities and others, and expressing its deep concern at undue restrictions to the activities of medical and humanitarian personnel, all other representatives of civil society, labour union members, journalists and media workers, and calling for the immediate release of all those detained arbitrarily, including foreign nationals, Reiterating its deep concern at the widespread, deliberate, indiscriminate and excessive use of force by the Myanmar military and affiliated armed forces across the country, including abductions, arbitrary detentions, mass killings, systematic torture and maiming, aerial attacks against and burning of villages and civilian objects, attacks on schools, hospitals, internally displaced persons camps and places of worship and civilian gatherings, the unlawful recruitment and use of children and the use of facilities functioning as hospitals and schools for military purposes and for committing crimes, as well as reports of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, including those involving the use of landmines, leading to continued forced displacement and making conditions in Rakhine State and other parts of the country unsuitable for the voluntary, safe, _______________ 9 Ibid., Seventy-seventh Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/77/53), chap. VIII, sect. A. Ibid., chap. II. 11 Ibid., Seventy-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/76/53), chap. VII, sect. A. 12 Ibid., chap. II. 13 Ibid., chap. IV. 14 Ibid., Seventy-fifth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/75/53), chap. IV, sect. A. 15 Ibid., Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/74/53/Add.1), chap. II. 16 Ibid., Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/73/53/Add.1), chap. II. 17 Ibid., Supplement No. 53 (A/73/53), chap. IV, sect. A. 18 Ibid., chap. III. 19 S/PRST/2017/22; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 2017 (S/INF/72). 20 S/PRST/2021/5. 21 SC/13331. 22 SC/14430. 23 SC/16038. 10 2/21 25-20983