Regional Advocacy For Myanmar, With A Focus On Refugee Issues

We recommend that ASEAN Member States:

1. Integrate refugee protection into ASEAN Vision 2045 and its work plan during Malaysia’s 2025 chairmanship.

2. Engage with Rohingya and Burmese youths, victims and marginalised groups to shape ASEAN Chair’s policies and priorities for 2025.

3. Strengthen coordination between the ASEAN Chair’s Special Envoy on Myanmar, the United Nations Special Envoy, and the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar.

4. Urge ASEAN Member States to ratify the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, using them as the foundation for a holistic regional refugee protection framework.

5. Call for shared responsibility to protect refugees and provide humanitarian aid.

Thematic Group Organisations

1. Beyond Borders

2. Yayasan Kemanusian Muslim Aid Malaysia (MAM)

3. Dari Dapur

4. Human Aid Selangor

5. Asylum Access Malaysia

6. Al-Ikhlas Hope Society

7. Jaringan Rohingya Education Centre (JREC)

8. Refugee Emergency Fund (REF)

9. Sedarjat

10. Alliance of Chin Refugees (ACR)

11. Kachin Refugee Committee

12. Mon Refugee Organisation

13. Myanmar Ethnics Organisation (MEO)

14. Myanmar Ethnic Women Refugee Organisation (MEWRO)

15. Rohingya Women Development Network (RWDN)

16. Rohingya Society Malaysia (RSM)

17. Coalition of Burma Ethnics Malaysia (COBEM)

18. Red Clinic

19. Huiva

20. Rohingya community representatives

21. Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN)

22. Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR)

23. Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

24. Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

25. International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

26. Penang Refugee Network

For further details regarding this thematic cluster, kindly direct your inquiries to:

Name: Mimi Zarina (Yayasan Kemanusian Muslim Aid Malaysia)

Email: raformya@gmail.com