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Yangon – Six months since the military takeover in Myanmar, the country faces a compounded political and public health crisis, on top of intensification of conflicts, putting the lives of even more women and girls at serious risk with the deteriorating socio-economic situation adding hundreds of thousands of people to those in need of humanitarian assistance in the country who were not previously targeted for humanitarian support.

• The BoQBEP programme, which began in 2016, supported the Government of Myanmar to improve access to quality learning for disadvantaged children.

43rd session of the Human Rights Council

Geneva, 27 February 2020

High Commissioner report on Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar

Statement by Michelle Bachelet United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

• The United Nations agencies, funds and programmes together with national and international partners continue to support the health authorities in their efforts to prevent and control the outbreak of COVID-19 in Myanmar.