"A Myanmar delegation led by Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Dr Win Myat Aye, attended the 70th Annual Plenary Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (ExCom), held at the UN assembly hall, in Geneva, Switzerland, on the morning of 7 October. During the opening ceremony, Ms Amina J Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Mr Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, delivered separate opening speeches. The plenary session will take place from 7 to 11 October and include the high-level meeting on statelessness, general discussions from each UN member nation, the opening ceremony for the Nansen refugee award, and other side events. The following is Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye’s statenent delivered at the opening ceremony of ExCom: “It’s a privilege to participate in this Plenary Session of the Executive Committee. We take note of the High Commissioner’s remarks yesterday. I am pleased to recall the visit of the High Commissioner to Myanmar in May this year and the signing of the MoU between our Ministry and the UNHCR during the visit.”..."