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Publications


2017


External link opens in new tab or windowInterim Report of the Investigation Commission to Maungtaw - 3 January 2017 

External link opens in new tab or windowFlash Report of OHCHR Mission to Bangladesh - 3 February 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowAdvance Unedited Report of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights - 1 March 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowAnnan Advisory Commission Interim Report and Recommendations - March 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowMyanmar Government welcomes Annan Advisory Commission Report - 16 March 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowHRC Resolution on the Situation in Myanmar adopted on 24 March 2017 without a vote

External link opens in new tab or windowReport of the Special Rapporteur to the UN General Assembly - 8 September 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowMission Report of OHCHR Mission to Cox's Bazaar 13-24 September 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Security Council: Record of the 8060th Meeting on 28 September 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowHouse of Commons: Debate Pack for use of MPs in the debate on 17 October 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Security Council: Text of Presidential Statement on Myanmar 6 November 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Security Council: Record of the 8085th Meeting 6 November 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowReport of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee on Violence in Rakhine State 11 December 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Security Council: Record of the 8133rd Meeting 12 December 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowUN General Assembly: Resolution on the Situation in Myanmar of 24 December 2017


2018


External link opens in new tab or windowReport of the UK International Development Committee on the Rohingya Crisis 9 January 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Security Council: Record of the 8179th Meeting on 13 February 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowEuropean Council Conclusions on Myanmar/Burma - 26 February 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowReport by Bob Rae, Canadian PM's Special Envoy, on the Rohingya Crisis - April 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Security Council: Press Statement on UNSC Visit to Bangladesh and Myanmar - 9 May 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Security Council: Record of the 8255th Meeting on 14 May 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowFinal Draft Memorandum of Understanding between Myanmar, UNDP and UNHCR - May 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowReport of the Special Rapporteur to the UN General Assembly - 20 August 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Security Council Record of the 8333rd Meeting on 28 August 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowUS Documentation of Atrocities in  Northern Rakhine State - 24 September 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowUK and France host high-level event on the Rohingya crisis - 24 September 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowMyanmar 'resolutely rejects' ICC ruling on Rakhine: Kyaw Tint Swe at UN -  28 September 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Security Council Record of the 8381st Meeting on 24 October 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowDebate in the UK House of Commons on the Rohingya Refugee Crisis - 20 December 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowUN General Assembly: Resolution on the Situation in Myanmar No. 264 of 22 December 2018


2019


External link opens in new tab or windowUN Security Council Record of the 8477th Meeting on 28 February 2019

External link opens in new tab or windowReport of the UN Secretary General to the General Assembly 20 August 2019

External link opens in new tab or windowReport of the Special Rapporteur to the UN General Assembly - 30 August 2019

External link opens in new tab or windowReport of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Rights of the Rohingya September 2019

External link opens in new tab or windowResolution of the Human Rights Council on the Situation in Myanmar - 25 September 2019

External link opens in new tab or windowLetter dated 16 October 2019 from Ambassador Hau Do Suan to the UN Secretary-General

External link opens in new tab or windowUNGA Third Committee Resolution on the Situation in Myanmar- 14 November 2019 [140-9-32]

External link opens in new tab or windowUN General Assembly Resolution on the Situation in Myanmar No. 246 of 27 December 2019


2020


External link opens in new tab or windowRakhine State: MFA Snapshot of Current Efforts for Peace and Reconciliation - January 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowJoint Myanmar-China Statement on the Conclusion of President Xi Yinping's Visit - 18 January 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowSituation of Human Rights in Myanmar: Report of UNHCHR to the Council - 27 January 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowStatement on the Situation by UNHCHR Michelle Bachelet - 27 February 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowFinal Statement by UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee - 29 April 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowUNDP, UNHCR and Myanmar extend MOU on repatriation - 11 May 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowClosed UN Security Council VTC on Myanmar - "What's in Blue" - 14 May 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowResolution of the Human Rights Council on the Situation in Myanmar - 22 June 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowClosed UN Security Council VTC on Myanmar - "What's in Blue" - 11 September 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowJoint Statement by eight UNSC Members after the VTC - 11 September 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowSituation of Human Rights of Rohingya Muslims - UN OHCHR Report 3 September 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowBriefing Pack for UK Members of Parliament. Rohingya Humanitarian Debate 24 September 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Third Committee Resolution on the Situation in Myanmar 30 Oct approved on 18 Nov 2020

External link opens in new tab or windowUN General Assembly Resolution on the Situation in Myanmar No. 238 of 31 December 2020


2021


External link opens in new tab or windowClosed UN Security Council VTC Consultations on Myanmar - UN News 2 February 2021

External link opens in new tab or windowSecurity Council Press Statement on the Situation in Myanmar - 4 February 2021

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Human Right Council Resolution on the crisis in Myanmar - 12 February 2021

External link opens in new tab or windowStatement by the President of the Security Council on Myanmar - 10 March 2021

External link opens in new tab or windowResolution of the Human Rights Council on the Situation in Myanmar - 24 March 2021

External link opens in new tab or windowResolution of the UN General Assembly on the Situation in Myanmar No. 75/287 - 14 June 2021

External link opens in new tab or windowRecord of the UNGA Plenary Meeting on 18 June 2021 

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Press Centre: Report on the Outcome of this Resolution, and Debate - 18 June 2012

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Human Rights Council Resolution on the Situation in Myanmar - 12 July 2021

External link opens in new tab or windowUK Foreign Affairs Committee Report - UK Govt Response to the Situation in Myanmar -13 July 2021

External link opens in new tab or windowSecurity Council Press Statement on the Situation in Myanmar - 10 November 2021

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Third Committee Resolution on the Situation in Myanmar 11 Nov approved on 17 Nov 2021

External link opens in new tab or windowSecurity Council Press Statement on the Situation in Myanmar - 29 December 2021


2022


External link opens in new tab or windowSecurity Council Press Statement on the Situation in Myanmar - 1 February 2022

External link opens in new tab or windowUS Secretary Blinken's remarks on the determination of genocide in Myanmar - 21 March 2022

External link opens in new tab or windowSecurity Council Press Statement on the Situation in Myanmar - 28 July 2022

External link opens in new tab or windowStatement by the Sec-Gen's Special Envoy Noeleen Heyzer - 17 August 2022

External link opens in new tab or windowRecord of Discussions between Min Aung Hlaing and Noeleen Heyzer - 20 August 2022

External link opens in new tab or windowUN Press Office reports on the Security Council Resolution on Myanmar - 21 December 2022

External link opens in new tab or windowResolution of the Security Council S/RES/2669 - 21 December 2022

External link opens in new tab or windowRecord of Security Council Meeting No 9231 held on 21 December 2022


2023


External link opens in new tab or windowConference Paper by UN Special Rapporteur Thomas Andrews on the Situation in Burma - 31 Jan 2023

External link opens in new tab or windowThe Situation  in Myanmar: Report of the UNHC for Human Rights A/HRC/52/21 - 2 March 2023

External link opens in new tab or windowA/HRC/52/L.19 on the Situation in Myanmar: 24 March 2023

External link opens in new tab or windowHuman Rights Council approves A/HRC/52/L.19 . China did not join a consensus: 4 April 2023


2024


External link opens in new tab or windowOfficial Communiqué of the 9541st (closed) meeting of the UNSC on 5 February 2024

External link opens in new tab or windowRecord of Security Council Meeting No 9595 held on 4 April 2024

External link opens in new tab or windowThe Situation in Myanmar: Report of the UNHC for Human Rights A/HRC/57/56 - 4 September 2024

External link opens in new tab or windowThe Situation of Rohingya Muslims and other Minorities A/C.3/79/L.46/Rev.1 14 November 2024

External link opens in new tab or windowThe Situation of Rohingya Muslim and other Minorities. UNGA Resolution 79/182 19 December 2024


2025


External link opens in new tab or windowPress Statement by the UN Security Council Statement on Myanmar: 4 April 2025



Articles


External link opens in new tab or windowA Critique of Chapter 2 of Ronan's Lee's book "Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide" IB Tauris 2021

External link opens in new tab or windowStatement By Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon - 26 June 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowAn evolution of Rohingya Persecution: Middle East Institute - Zarni and Cowley 20 April 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowA critique of  eight articles by U Ba Tha written between 1959 and 1966 - 7 March 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowInterview with Vijay Nambiar: "No Country for the Rohingyas" - Rediff News 2 March 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowAn Innocent in La La Land? Misinformation in Dr Ibrahim's Book - 1 March 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowReview of revised edition of Dr Ibrahim's book - 1 February 2018

External link opens in new tab or windowASEAN Foreign Ministers Retreat Yangon: Speech by Malaysian FM - 19 December 2016



Database


External link opens in new tab or window1940: Report on Indian Immigration - Financial Secretary James Baxter 

External link opens in new tab or windowCommand Paper 7029 - Record of Conversations between HMG and Aung San

External link opens in new tab or windowExtracts 1947 Panglong Hugh Tinker Volume II

External link opens in new tab or windowReport of the Frontier Areas Committee of Enquiry 24 April 1947

External link opens in new tab or window1948: Death of Aung San - Allegations of British involvement

External link opens in new tab or window1972-1973: List of 144 [143] national ethnic races for use in the 1973 Census

External link opens in new tab or windowSuu Kyi - Sao Shwe Thaik family relations: UK FCO correspondence 1973

External link opens in new tab or windowSuu Kyi at Oxford 1979: Comments on Indians, Chinese and Japanese

External link opens in new tab or window1982 Citizenship Law    

External link opens in new tab or window1983 Citizenship Rules

External link opens in new tab or windowPresentation to ISEAS Singapore by Derek Tonkin on the UNSC Vote on 12 January 2007

External link opens in new tab or windowThe 1990 Elections in Myanmar: ISEAS Contemporary SE Asia April 2007

External link opens in new tab or windowRohingya/Muslim Issues - Database

External link opens in new tab or windowThein Sein assures Guterres of legality of Bengali Immigration during British Rule

External link opens in new tab or windowBurmese Text of Report by President's Office on 12 July 2012

External link opens in new tab or windowRFA report of Thein-Sein Guterres Conversation on 11 July 2012

External link opens in new tab or windowIMF - Myanmar 2016: Article IV Staff Report - 2 February 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowText of Bangladesh-Myanmar Agreement on Refugee Repatriation dated 23 November 2017

External link opens in new tab or windowPresidential Executive Order No. 14014 of 10 February 2021 on Blocking Assets

External link opens in new tab or windowThe Drafting of the Constitution of the Union of Burma in 1947 - Donal Coffey December 2022

External link opens in new tab or windowNational Defense Authorization Act 2023

External link opens in new tab or windowWhat the Burma Act does and does not mean - Mihael Martin CSIS - 6 February 2023

External link opens in new tab or windowUS State Department: Anthony Blinken of the latest US sanctions - 21 June 2023

External link opens in new tab or windowTreasury sanctions Myanmar MoD and two regime-controlled financial institutions - 21 June 2023



Background Notes


External link opens in new tab or window1. The Rewriting of History: Rohingya Anachronism - 7 May 2018

External link opens in new tab or window2. A comment on "Fact Sheet on the Rohingya" by Maung Zarni - 26 May 2018

External link opens in new tab or window3. Historical Notes on the Executive Councils appointed by the Governors of Burma 1945-47

External link opens in new tab or window4. Spitfires over Burma: 2014 Wayback Machine Page Capture



Indonesia and Cambodia


External link opens in new tab or windowThe UK's supposed complicity in the mass killings in Indonesia in 1965: Derek Tonkin

External link opens in new tab or windowBritish Policy towards Indonesia 1963-66: Derek Tonkin

External link opens in new tab or windowUS Secret War gives aid to the Khmer Rouge - Jeremy Stone: Buffalo Times November  1989 (ex NYT)

External link opens in new tab or windowStatement in Open Court Geidt and de Normann v. Pilger and CIT plc 5 July 1991

External link opens in new tab or windowBritain Blameless  in Cambodia saga: Derek Tonkin - Phnom Penh Post Jan/Feb 2000

External link opens in new tab or windowJohn Pilger was a Charlatan and a Fraudster: Oliver Kamm  CAPX - 4 January 2024

External link opens in new tab or windowArchives on Cambodia from the Private Papers of Derek Tonkin - 9 January 2024