Rakhine Commision

Activities of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State November / December 2016

Activities of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State November / December 2016

The Advisory Commission on Rakhine State convenes between 30 November and 6 December 2016. It intends to meet representatives from the Government, security forces, civil society as well as camp residents and villagers and local leaders.

Please check back on this site regularly as meetings and plans may change and need to be adapted and amended due to outside circumstances.

Schedule:

1 December 2016

Meetings with representatives of the INGO Forum Rakhine Network

Youth Leaders at CDNH

Muslim political party representatives

  • National Democratic Party for Development
  • Democracy and Human Rights Party
  • Muslim academics

Rakhine Ethnic Affairs Minister & Yangon based Rakhine opinion leaders, Yangon

Religious leaders from all main faiths in Myanmar

2 December 2016

Rakhine

Rakhine State Chief Minister & Cabinet Members of the Rakhine State Government

Civil Society Organisations Rakhine State:

  • People for People
  • Community Empowerment Resilience Association
  • Community Development and Education
  • Wan-Lark Foundation
  • Kintha Foundation
  • RakhineThahaya Association
  • Rakhine Fisheries Partnership
  • Arakkha Foundation

Women’s groups:

  • Rakhine Women Network
  • Muslim local women

3 December 2016

Muslim and Rakhine communities in Maungdaw

Buthidaungtown elders (Muslim and Rakhine)

4 December 2016

Mrauk-U township administrator and Rakhine village leaders of Mrauk-U

Muslim village leaders, Mrauk-U

Myebon township administrator and immigration officials

Muslim IDP’s in Myebon

5 December

Naypyitaw

ANP and NLD representatives from Rakhine to the Union Hluttaw

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Members of the Central committee for implementation of peace, stability and development in Rakhine state.

  • Union Minister for Border Affairs
  • Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population; Chair, Immigration and Citizenship Scrutinizing Working Committee
  • Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
  • Union Minister for the Office of State Counselor
  • Chief of Police, Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

6 December 2016

Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Armed force

State Counsellor of Myanmar

These consultations will inform the commission’s recommendations to the Government of Myanmar. The Government of Myanmar mandated the commission to propose recommendations for improving the welfare of all people in Rakhine state. It is composed of six local and three international experts, and is chaired by Kofi Annan.