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Position Paper

Committee: United Nations Human Rights Council


Agenda: Combatting Racism, Religious Discrimination and Related Intolerance
Portfolio: Delegate of The Union of Myanmar

The Delegate of Myanmar is thankful for the opportunity to be a part of this session to
have a noteworthy discussion on the given agenda, which is of great importance to our nation
as well. The delegate will be representing the State Administrative Council which currently
presides over the government of Myanmar led by our Prime Minister Incumbent Min Aung
Hlaing throughout the entirety of this session and would be delighted to present our views
and opinions, alongside clearing numerous allegations and doubts in regards to our nation.

The State Administrative Council of our nation strongly believes in equal representation on
the basis of race, religion, caste and creed. We have never let any such factor play a role in
our decision making and functioning of the nation and never intend to let it do so either.

Our nation has no state religion, nor do we institutionalize any form of discrimination on the
basis of race, religion or gender, and are proud of the same. There have been multiple
allegations recently against our nation due to the lack of information and prejudice people
have felt against our nation which have accused us of targeting a certain community called
“Rohingyas” which we recognise as “Bangalis”, now contrary to the belief of these
accusations, the reasoning for our actions pertaining to this community lie solely on their
right to be in our nation and their legal jurisdiction for property in our nation and nothing
else. We look forward to clearing such allegations in this session and clear our stance.

While we do try to do whatever we can for the welfare of the society it must be taken into due
consideration, due to certain economical restrains and the security concerns in regards to the
Bangali community, we have to keep in mind the constraints of having to support such a huge
group of refugees in our nation and harbouring them, especially while the fact remains that
there exist Militant groups such as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army and the Arakan
Army which our nation recognises as terrorists on reasonable grounds which our nation has
defined on multiple accounts to the public and international forum and thus we have the
sovereign right to ensue our counter-terrorism law in retrospect to their actions.

In accordance to the International Refugee Law, Geneva Convention, The transfer of


responsibility issued in 1980, Resolution 14 of 1867 as well as the GA Resolution 194 (III) of
1948, we would like to clarify on the basis of our ratification status that we do not lie under
any obligation for which we have been accused under the international law, moreover
pertaining to our decisions, we do so respectively to our domestic laws in order to ensure
what is best for our citizens.

In this session, we would also like to shed light upon the differential treatment received from
international forums and UN bodies to European Nations or NATO members compared to
Middle Eastern and Asian nations. While, members of european nations are not ridiculed for
banning burqas in 28 nations and the European Union Court banning burqas from workplace
which is a clear violation of religious representation, freedom of expression as well as ILO
recommendations to be followed in respect to the workplace as well as under the CEDAW
mandate. The reasoning for mentioning this point is to prove the established precedence how
the United Nations fails to take countermeasures or voice their concerns over issues such as
these that must be reprimanded but do in fact represent a biased opinion on nations such as
ours or our neighbouring nations such as China even when lacking the substantial evidence to
base their allegations on, especially when there is no state-sponsored legislation backing it.

Our nation hopes we will discuss the problems that are faced around the globe, and then
derive solutions in order to ensure a much better workplace, living conditions and safer
environment for all people to feel equal. We especially would appreciate suggestions given to
us in good faith and will be open to their implementation if they prove to be for the
betterment of our nation, specifically, for our economy and refugee crisis that we currently
face and look forward to overcoming. We would like to make our stance very clear that any
and all Bangali refugees are free to leave the country and seek refuge in any nation they wish
to, while people with authorised documents to prove their citizenship are welcome in our
nation under the 1982 Citizenship Law.

We hope this session will be fruitful both for our nation and for the international forum and
will lead to a productive discussion followed by reasonable solutions which can be
implemented in order to overcome these challenges at an international and domestic level,
and we are sincerely looking forward to it.

Advit Upadhyay

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