MYANMAR
20 March 2024
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar welcomes the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Tom Andrews, as well as the Special Rapporteur\’s corresponding report to the Human Rights Council.
The Special Rapporteur\’s presentation to the Council was loud and clear: the tide is turning in Myanmar because of the courage and tenacity of its people. The illegal military junta is losing on every front: it is losing territory, bases, troops and morale, and it is losing in its empty claims to legitimacy.
Myanmar, as represented by the National Unity Government, therefore fully supports the Special Rapporteur\’s push for a renewed and determined approach by the international community. This includes support for the Special Rapporteur\’s calls:
1. On the UN Security Council to immediately act to stop the military junta\’s \”murderous campaign by denying it the weapons and the money it requires\”. Complementing this action, a coalition of States should establish a \”strategy of coordinated, targeted sanctions to isolate the junta and protect the people of Myanmar\”
2. For a new humanitarian aid strategy that includes the National Unity Government, ethnic organisations and civil society in delivering aid \”quickly and efficiently\” to those in greatest need and to conflict areas that currently have little to no access to aid.
3. For redoubled efforts to end impunity and to secure accountability, including by Member States to the International Criminal Court referring the situation in Myanmar to the Prosecutor of the Court under Article 14 of the Rome Statute and requesting that he open an investigation.
4. For increased investment in Myanmar\’s transition through direct engagement with the National Unity Government, Ethnic Resistance Organizations and Myanmar civil society.
�In the Special Rapporteur\’s words, UN Member States should support \”those who are building a political framework that enfranchises Myanmar\’s rich and diverse population while affirming human rights, equality and justice as the pathway to peace\”.
Myanmar repeats its thanks to the Special Rapporteur for his tireless commitment to his mandate and to the people of Myanmar.
