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<p>We are persistent in applying pressure to the Burmese government to live up to
the commitments it made when it endorsed the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual
Violence in Conflict at the London Global Summit in June 2014.</p><p> </p><p>During
his visit to Burma in July 2015, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), pressed the Burmese
government at senior ministerial level on the issue. He also launched the International
Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence. We continue to
raise the issue in international fora, including through UN resolutions on Burma at
the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, which we co-sponsor. We also facilitated
the 2015 visit of the co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, Angelina
Jolie-Pitt. Along with Mr Swire, I was pleased to update selected Parliamentarians
on our continuing efforts on this serious issue at the Burma briefing on Wednesday
4 May.</p>
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