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"1. National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) issued a statement followingthe
People’s Assembly held on 27-29 January 2022 with the participation of the
members of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), political
parties, Ethnic Resistance Organizations (EROs), state/federal-unit/ethnic-
based councils, members of National Unity Government (NUG) and other
Spring revolutionary forces.
2. The announcement strongly called on the international communities including
United Nations to establish Internationally Guaranteed Civilians Protection
- Safe Zones for the civilian populations who are under the massacre
through land and air operations with excessive forces deployed by the military
junta especially in Kayin, Karenni, Chin, Magway and Sagaing.
3. In accordance with the Federal Democracy Charter, a Joint Coordination
Committee on Humanitarian Assistance was formed with the members of
National Unity Consultative Committee and National Unity Government on
29 March 2022 to coordinate and cooperate more effectively in the course of
humanitarian delivery.
4. At the present, many foreign countries are offering the humanitarian aid
channelizing the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance
on Disaster Management (the AHA Centre) to Myanmar people who are suffering
internal displacement, loss of houses and properties, personal insecurity,
socio-economic hardships, loss of livelihood opportunities and many
others due to the military’s brutal repression and unlawful acts following the
illegal coup.
5. Regarding this, a consultative meeting on ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance
to Myanmar was conducted on 6 May 2022 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and
the meeting agreed that the AHA Centre in collaboration with other in-country
partner organizations will be implementing ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance
Delivery Arrangement Framework in Karenni, Kayin, Magway, Sagaing
and Bago.
6. Even though the Consultative Meeting was convened as part of the implementation
of the Five-Point Consensus, the meeting failed to consult with
other key stakeholders, and this directly contradicts the essence of Five-
Point Consensus. In addition, the Myanmar Task Force is composed of the representatives from the junta-controlled ministries and organizations, and
it is reaffirmed that the junta-led taskforce absolutely does not represent
Myanmar and Myanmar people.
7. Moreover, the Meeting also come to an agreement that the Junta led Myanmar
Task Force will work with the National Solidarity and Peace-making Negotiations
Committee in delivering humanitarian assistance to communities
in Myanmar, including Ethnic Resistance Organizations areas. As such,
it is announced that the National Solidarity and Peace-making Negotiations
Committee is not representing the ethnic organizations and people either.
8. In this case, the AHA Centre and in-country United Nations Organizations will
be providing humanitarian aid including COVID-10 vaccination with the approval
of the Myanma r Task Force, and this clearly ignores the military’s continued
violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws.
9. Due to the fact that international communities have relied on the reputation
and credibility of the AHA Centre, and humanitarian assistance are offered
through the AHA Centre. However, ASEAN’s decision to provide humanitarian
assistance with the control of the military, which is committing various
atrocities against the people and which Myanmar people are consistently
opposing, completely disregards the international communities as well as
Myanmar people and supports the various atrocities of the military junta
against the innocent people.
10. In reality, humanitarian aid will not be able to reach to the most needy people
without the equal treatment and wider consultation with the key stakeholders
as per Five-Point Consensus.
11. In this regard, the National Unity Consultative Council protests the decision
of ASEAN, the AHA Centre and other international organizations to implement
ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Delivery Arrangement Framework in
collaboration with the military junta which is committing various crimes
against humanity and ruining the lives of the people with an unprecedented
scale. S ubsequently, the National Unity Consultative Counc il announces that
delivery of humanitarian provisions needs to be made only through the direct
support to the organizations that truly represent the local communities
for ensuring to reach the affected people who are in need of humanitarian
assistance in Myanmar..."
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National Unity Consultative Council
Date of Publication:
2022-05-14
Date of entry:
2022-05-14
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