Implementation committee meets on recommendations of Rakhine Advisory Commission

December 26, 2017

The committee charged with implementing the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State held a coordination meeting yesterday at the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement in Nay Pyi Taw.

Dr. Win Myat Aye, Chairman of the Implementation Committee on recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State and Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement said this is the sixth time the committee has conducted a coordination meeting on its work.

Recommendations of the Advisory Commission were made primarily for Rakhine State development and raising the socio-economic conditions of the people of the state.

“Making these works a success is striving toward development and it is not the development of Rakhine State only, but the whole country. The recommendations cover 18 sectors and each sector is not a single ministry work, but a multi-ministries work involving three, four ministries and thus involves much coordination in the implementation works. Coordination is of major importance. The recommendations are to be reviewed periodically and priority given on works that can be rapidly conducted. According to the duties assigned to the committee, it has to report and inform the people once every four months and committee member ministries need to provide short and precise reports”, he said.

To increase the implementation works of the committee, an advisory group was formed based on local and foreign experience.

The committee plan to meet with advisory groups in the last week of January. In yesterday’s meeting, ministries need to coordinate their implementation works and openly discuss, strength, weaknesses and findings, said the Union Minister.

Committee Joint Chairman and Rakhine State Chief Minister said when relevant ministries implement the recommendations, it needs to be based on the reality and situation on the ground and in coordination and working together with the (Rakhine) State Government. Preparation for repatriation is being done by cooperation, he said.

“Relevant ministries and the State Government will work together so that news media can acquire the correct information about Rakhine State and relay it widely and quickly”, the joint chairman said.

The meeting was attended by: Committee Joint Chairman and Rakhine State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu; Committee Vice Chairman and Deputy Minister for State Counsellor’s Office; Committee Secretary Deputy Minister for Border Affairs; committee joint secretary Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement; and committee members who are officials from ministries. Meeting attendees discussed the status of works done and works not yet completed.

In his concluding speech, the Union Minister asked all to ensure that the news about the works done is widely made known and to work together and in unity with civil service societies in the region. Once there is rule of law, works in the recommendations can be implemented rapidly and people are to be organised patiently so that they have wide-ranging views and have a high-level of understanding, he said.

Myanmar News Agency

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar