A coordination meeting on suggestions of UN member states over Myanmar at the 37th meet-ing  of  the  Universal  Periodic  Review-UPR  was  held  at  the  office of the Attorney-General of the Union yesterday.

Union  Minister  for  Inter-national Cooperation U Ko Ko Hlaing said Myanmar needs to report  its  stance  on  189  suggestions to the UPR task force in June. So, relevant ministries must  express  assessments  over  the  suggestions  based  on current processes.

Attorney-General  of  the  Union Dr Thida Oo said Myanmar had sent the first and second reports of UPR in 2010 and 2015. The third report sought the advice of 106 UN member states on 25 January 2021, and they gave 354 items of suggestions  on  the  human  rights  of  Myanmar.

Myanmar  replied  to  the  suggestions  that  it  accepted  119  suggestions,  noted  46  points of suggestions and decided to scrutinize and reply to the remaining 189 suggestions.

This meeting needs to focus on whether it is necessary to  accept  189  points  of  suggestions  or  not  based  on  the  implementation of the relevant departments over these points.

MNA

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