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The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government of Myanmar respect freedom of expression and opinion and freedom of assembly and association in the context of the national elections; release all prisoners of conscience; address justice and accountability; implement the four core human rights elements, as detailed in his previous reports; and facilitate access for humanitarian assistance and continue developing cooperation with the international human rights system.

Currently, with a very modest capacity (1 P-5 and 1 GS (OL) posts located in Brussels and 1 P-4 post and 3 general temporary assistance positions located at Headquarters), the Division, on behalf of DPKO and DFS, builds and maintains partnerships, both within and outside the United Nations, to lay the foundation for improved operational relationships in the field.

Mr Deputy, I would like to talk more on the actual situation after 1997. If the actual situation is one which the legislature is not returned by universal suffrage or if not all its seats are returned by universal suffrage but only some of its seats are returned by universal suffrage, and if the executive authorities do not take some matching actions, then a difficult problem will appear, that is, the executive authorities may have to rely on some seats returned from a minority of people to sustain its rule.

Also through enhanced funding provided by Australia, the ISU was able to produce the publication “Assisting landmine and other ERW survivors in the context of disarmament, disability and development” and provide enhanced victim assistance advisory services to one State Party in Africa.

While the Government publicly claimed to listen to southern grievances, its security forces had responded to largely peaceful protests with a crackdown and attacked independent media and outspoken southern academics and students.

The Board also noted similar findings raised by DIOS on its review of the Neirab Rehabilitation Project (NRP), where DIOS noted that UNRWA’s project management did not fully comply with project agreement’s terms and conditions, the Agency’s rules and regulations and lacked sufficient and effective internal controls, in the areas of cash operations, utilizing project advances, receipts and payment vouchers, controls over inventory items, security of project premises and the reconciliation of financial records with the Agency records.