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<p>The human rights situation in Shan and Kachin continues to be of concern to the
UK. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field, made representations to the
Burmese Ambassador on 11 July regarding the Burmese military's conduct in Kachin and
Shan. The UK co-sponsored the UN Human Rights Council Resolution passed on 27 September
which called for the immediate cessation of fighting and hostilities, of targeting
civilians and of all violations and abuses of international human rights law and international
humanitarian law, and of the harassment, intimidation, arrest, detention and prosecution
of human rights defenders and activists in northern Burma, in particular in Kachin
and Shan States. On 14 November the Minister for Asia and the Pacific reiterated that
human rights for all of Burma remain a UK priority.</p>
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