"The leader of the Myanmar delegation and Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor,U Kyaw Tint Swe, delivered a statement at high-level General Debate on the fifth day of the74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly held on 28 September 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters. In his statement, the Union Minister apprised the Assembly of the Government’s efforts on poverty eradication, quality education, climate action, democratization, constitutional reform, peace and reconciliation and addressing challenges regarding the situation in Rakhine State. The Union Minister stressed the need of multilateral institutions to uphold the sovereignty of nations, working in concert for a greater good, ensure equality of actions and scrupulously avoid double standards and ‘exceptionalism’. He reiterated that Myanmar holds the view that issues between neighbours can and must be resolved bilaterally in an amicable and friendly manner, and called on Bangladesh to faithfully implement the bilateral agreement. He also reaffirmed Myanmar’s position on the reports of Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) (Darusman reports), the establishment of Independent Investigative Mechanism (IIM), the jurisdiction of International Criminal Court (ICC) over the issue in Rakhine State and the Rosenthal report regarding the involvement of United Nations in Myanmar...."