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• As grave allegations of international crimes remain to be effectively addressed by the authorities in Myanmar, a UN human rights expert today said she had not given up hope as she concluded her final official visit to the region.

• Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar declined a further 11% in 2019 to 33,100 hectares (ha), according to the Myanmar Opium Survey released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). 

•  Independent experts appointed by the Human Rights Council* have expressed grave concerns about the killing and displacement of civilians in northwest Myanmar during fighting between the military and an armed group, the Arakan Army, amid an information blackout in some parts of Rakhine and Chin States.

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