Cooperation with UN, Int’l organizations: Working Committee holds meeting 1/2023 at MoFA

The meeting of the Working Committee for cooperation with the United Nations Agencies and International Organizations (1/2023) under the Central Committee for the Rakhine State’s Peace, Stability and Development was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday.

During the meeting, Union Minister U Than Swe, in the capacity of the Chairman of the Committee, underlined that the Government of Myanmar has been making efforts for the repatriation of the displaced persons from the Bangladesh side under a pilot project.

Necessary work should be done for the sustainable livelihoods for the returnees. He also underscored that it is important to effectively cooperate with the United Nations agencies and international organizations for the sustainable return and livelihoods of the displaced persons.

Also, Union Minister for International Cooperation U Ko Ko Hlaing made emphasis on cooperation among stakeholders for the effective humanitarian assistance in Rakhine State and dissemination of local information to the international community.

And, Deputy Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and Vice Chair of the Committee Dr. Wah Wah Maung and members of the Committee deliberated the ongoing implementation and progress of the activities in the Rakhine State as well as the updates on activities carried out under the pilot project.

Secretary of the Committee and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also discussed the updates on the implementation of the 1/2022 meeting decisions of the Committee and plan while the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Co-Secretary of the Working Committee stressed the effective dissemination of the credible information.

As a concluding remark, Union Minister U Than Swe emphasized that it is important for a fair distribution of assistance to all communities in Rakhine State without discrimination.