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"ON 14 November 2019, the Third
Committee (Social, Humanitarian
and Cultural Committee) of
the 74th UN General Assembly
took action on five country-specific
resolutions against Myanmar,
DPRK, Iran, Crimea (Ukraine)
and Syria.
Myanmar delegation called
for the vote regarding the resolution
on Myanmar and voted
against the politically motivated
resolution co-sponsored by OIC
and EU.
The Permanent Representative
made a general statement
before the action was taken and
responded to the outcome after
the voting.
In his general statement,
the Permanent Representative
pointed out that the draft resolution
grossly mischaracterized
the complex issue of Rakhine.
He stated that the situation in
Rakhine State is neither an issue
of religious persecution nor an
issue of driving a community out
of the country. It is a complicated
political and economic issue involving
cross-border migration,
poverty, lack of the rule of law
and security. He further pointed
out that the resolution is just another
statement that attempts to
demonize Myanmar and neglects
the monumental task that the
Government of Myanmar is carrying
out to address the issue.
After the voting, the Permanent
Representative responded
that the results of the voting
reflected the divisive nature of
country-specific resolutions. Myanmar
learned a lesson, again,
how some member states use the
power of bloc voting to exert pressures
on other member countries
for their political agenda. The
adoption of the discriminatory
draft resolution demonstrates the
failure to uphold the principle of
sovereign equality of nations, undermining
impartiality and fairness,
and application of double
standards and exceptionalism
and selectivity in addressing the
humanitarian and human rights
issues. Moreover, he strongly rejects
the dubious, ill-intentioned,
selective and politically motivated
resolution..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of Publication:
2019-11-16
Date of entry:
2019-11-16
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Countries:
Myanmar
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Rakhine State
Language:
English
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