"The Chairperson, in addition to the documentation before the Committee, referred to another recent event that had been notified by the Liaison Officer a.i. (Mr. Richard Horsey). The latter had met the Minister of Labour of Myanmar and had recommended: suspending the current policy of prosecuting those who lodged complaints; closing the trials and setting free persons who had lodged complaints; and fulfilling the commitments made to the ILO to establish a credible mechanism to deal with complaints. The Minister had undertaken to submit these recommendations to the highest authorities, but had indicated that he could not provide any assurances as to their acceptance... The Government representative of Myanmar (Mr. SHEIN) indicated that he wished to confine his Government's statement to the report of the Committee of Experts, which had identified four areas in which the Myanmar Government should take action to address the issue at hand, namely: issuing specific and concrete instructions to the civilian and military authorities; ensuring that the prohibition of forced labour was given wide publicity; providing for the budgeting of adequate means for the replacement of forced or unpaid labour; and ensuring the enforcement of the prohibition of forced labour. With regard to the issuance of instructions by the civilian and military authorities, he stated that..."... N.B. this document is not the official record of the meeting, and is best treated as a draft which will be modified and corrected.