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"At the invitation of Her Excellency Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President of the United Nations
Security Council for May 2022, His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister
of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in his capacity as the Special Envoy of the
ASEAN Chair on Myanmar, addressed a closed-session briefing for the Council’s Members via
videoconference on 27 May 2022 at 09:00 pm (Cambodia time) on the implementation of the
Five-point Consensus.
During the Meeting, H.E. Deputy Prime Minister shared updates on what Cambodia has done
thus far, including the outcome of his first visit as the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair to
Myanmar from 21-23 March 2022, and the result of the Consultative Meeting on ASEAN
Humanitarian Assistance to Myanmar on 6 May 2022.
On the outcomes of his first visit to Myanmar, H.E. Deputy Prime Minister apprised the Council
of digests from meeting the four different prominent groups in Myanmar, namely the State
Administration Council (SAC), non-SAC actors, diplomatic corps, and UN Specialized Agencies.
The meetings provided the Special Envoy and his team with opportunities to listen, discuss,
and extend the good offices to Myanmar on how ASEAN could help Myanmar to manifest more
progress in the 5PC implementation. H.E. Deputy Prime Minister highlighted that these actors
shared the same aspirations, which are for Myanmar to return to normalcy and for
humanitarian issues on the ground to be addressed, all of which are in the interest of the
people of Myanmar. He shared his view that the different political actors in Myanmar have to
be more open to constructive dialogue so as to build mutual understanding, trust, and
confidence, conducive to an inclusive and credible peace process in Myanmar. In this regard,
the Special Envoy reaffirmed Cambodia’s readiness and commitment to be a keen listener and
sincere facilitator for Myanmar.
With regard to the Consultative Meeting on ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance to Myanmar on 6
May 2022 held in a hybrid format in Phnom Penh, the Special Envoy accentuated three key
points, namely: (1) ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Delivery Arrangement Framework, (2)
addressing operational challenges of the delivery of humanitarian assistance and (3)
Framework for COVID-19 Vaccine Administration in Myanmar.
On ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Delivery Arrangement Framework, the Meeting
agreed that the AHA Centre, in close consultation with the Myanmar Task Force, will
identify states and regions for the implementation of this Framework. These states and
regions include Kayah, Kayin, Magway, Saigang, Bago, Shan and Rakhine.
On the need to address the operational challenges, we obtained the agreement from
the SAC to expedite the delivery of humanitarian assistance and facilitate administrative
and legal requirements. The SAC also pledged to offer full cooperation and support to
the ASEAN Monitoring Team for it to be able to fulfill its roles in accordance with the
executive paper adopted at the 54th AMM.
- Concerning the Framework for COVID-19 Vaccine Administration in Myanmar, the AHA
Centre and the Ministry of Health of Myanmar (MOH) agreed to implement the Joint
MOH-Partners Vaccination to Hard-to-Reach Areas Framework, through which the
operational teams of 50:50 distribution between the MOH and partners will be
deployed to administer vaccines in the communities in need.
The Special Envoy underlined that the immediate priority would be to roll out what has been
agreed upon at the recent Consultative Meeting, especially the effort to timely deliver
humanitarian assistance to those most in need without any discrimination.
H.E. Deputy Prime Minister also informed the Council that he and his team are now working
on the preparation for his second visit to Myanmar in order to further advance the progress
in the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus. During this upcoming visit, the Special
Envoy hopes to meet as many relevant stakeholders as possible in addition to those he met
during the first visit..."
Source/publisher:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia
Date of Publication:
2022-05-28
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2022-05-28
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Myanmar, Cambodia and ASEAN
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