Joint-Statement

ASEAN urged to heed UN Sec-Gen call for ceasefire, ensure human rights amid COVID19

Southeast Asian states should heed call for global ceasefire, ensure conflict sensitivity and human rights in responding to COVID19 crisis

We the undersigned civil society organisations and individuals, strongly urge the Member-States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to heed the call of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres for immediate global ceasefire in active armed conflicts in all parts of the world, in order to focus on the fight against the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. We likewise call on States to place human security and conflict sensitivity as core principles in their emergency responses, ensuring that measures are proportionate, necessary and non-discriminatory aligned with international human rights law and standards, and are sensitive to the disproportionate vulnerability to pandemics of conflict-affected communities, refugees, asylum-seekers, stateless, internally-displaced persons (IDPs), people with disabilities, women, children and elderly.

In Southeast Asia, active armed conflicts are ongoing in the Philippines especially in Mindanao, in West Papua in Indonesia, in the Southern provinces of Thailand, and in various ethnic states all over Burma/Myanmar. These armed conflicts have created millions of refugees and internally displaced peoples. According to the UNHCR, in 2017, there were 3.37 million “persons of concern” in Southeast Asia, of which approximately 1.46 million were refugees, 74,416 asylum seekers, 1.17 million stateless, and 665,051 internally displaced persons. Not only are health systems of war-torn communities inadequate, but the access to healthcare and other forms of social protection by the most marginalized groups in ongoing active armed conflicts is almost none.

The COVID19 pandemic will undeniably test the capacity for crisis mitigation and response of governments, and will potentially ravage each and every society. We are concerned, however, of countries and communities where overt violence and political instability are present and where economic capacities and social capital are fragile, making them more vulnerable to the impact of the outbreak, and possibly exacerbating existing conflicts or giving rise to new ones.

This is a test of ASEAN leadership in the region, and a test of ASEAN integration beyond just economics and trade. Unsurprisingly, however, the ASEAN members have yet to respond to the crisis as a regional community. Many countries beyond the region have also taken a me-first strategy, as the UN itself struggles to rally a decisive, coordinated global response. States need to recognize that while border lockdowns may temporarily contain the pandemic, without supporting the capacities of more fragile countries and without coordinated action, we will not be able to beat the virus. Solidarity among peoples and nations is needed now more than ever.

The virus will not discriminate with regards to religion, race, ethnicity, political ideology and affiliation. This will hurt us all, but still this will unevenly hurt the poor, the politically and economically marginalized and the communities that are already devastated by violence — the same people in whose name many of the state security actors and non-state armed groups claim to fight for.

It is in light of these that we argue that a global ceasefire is not only a prudent step, but a moral imperative.

All efforts must be expedited to contain the pandemic and find durable solutions to this common problem. Ceasefires will allow humanitarian aid to reach the most vulnerable communities, and can open corridors for dialogue and coordination for emergency response, without the risk of being derailed due to any unnecessary armed confrontation. Resources must be directed preventing further damage to those who have already lost so much through armed conflict.

In line with this aim, States must ensure that human security and social justice are at the heart of their response, and that emergency powers are not abused for narrow political gains, otherwise such will only exacerbate the inequalities, insecurity and distrust that underpin these armed conflicts.

Thus, we call on States to take the following steps without delay: 

• Declare immediate unilateral ceasefires in order to establish humanitarian corridors and delivery of aid, particularly health education and services, to affected communities. This can serve as a starting point to negotiate and forge reciprocal ceasefire agreements and ceasefire monitoring mechanisms with armed groups;
• Allocate adequate resources to ensure non-discrimination, transparency and respect for human dignity in the delivery of health services and humanitarian aid, regardless of citizenship, race, religion, political affiliation, gender and economic status. Utmost attention must be provided in addressing the particular needs of the most vulnerable and conflict-affected communities, such as indigenous peoples, refugees, stateless, asylum seekers, IDPs, such as their access to clean water and sanitation, to protective and hygiene equipments like face masks, and to immediate testing, quality medical care and social protection. The special needs and disproportionate risks for displaced women must be addressed;
• Ensure that the crisis response, including implementing state services and security forces, abides by the existing standards and principles of international human rights law. Declarations of state of emergencies, community-quarantines, lockdowns and restriction of freedom of movement must not come at the expense of the right to freedom of expression and access to information. Internet shutdowns that are in place in conflict-affected areas must be lifted, and context-specific information dissemination must be put in place in order to ensure every person is informed on the status of the pandemic and the government response. Emergency powers enacted into law must have clear limitations and have oversight and grievance mechanisms;
• Take steps to ensure support for and the safety of people involved in crisis response, especially healthcare workers in the frontlines, such as by providing them adequate protective gears and equipment and psychosocial support; and,
• Divert resources from arms and military spending to healthcare, social services and peacebuilding.

We further call on the ASEAN to initiate and facilitate the space for mutual support and strategic coordination among member-states, especially in ensuring the wellbeing and rights of conflict-affected communities, refugees, asylum-seekers, stateless, internally-displaced persons. This is the moment for ASEAN and its member-states to act as a “people-centred, people-oriented,” caring and sharing community.

Endorsed by:

Organisations

1. Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)-Southeast Asia
2. Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID), the Philippines
3. Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT), Cambodia
4. ALTSEAN-Burma
5. AMAN-Indonesia
6. Asia Pacific Partnership for Atrocity Prevention (APPAP)
7. ASEAN SOGIE Caucus
8. ASEAN Youth Forum (AYF)
9. Asia Democracy Network (ADN)
10. Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P), Australia
11. Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
12. Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN)
13. Cambodian Civil Society Partnership, Cambodia
14. Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS), Cambodia/Asia
15. Center for Peace Education (CPE)-Miriam College, the Philippines
16. Center for Social Integrity – CSI, Myanmar/Burma
17. Child Rights Coalition (CRC) Asia
18. Focus on the Global South
19. Gaston Z. Ortigas Peace Institute (GZOPI), the Philippines
20. Ichsan Malik Center for Peace and Dialogue, Indonesia
21. In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND), the Philippines
22. Institutu ba Estudu Dame Konflitu e Sosial (KSI), Timor-Leste
23. KontraS (Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence), Indonesia
24. Lumah Ma Dilaut, the Philippines
25. MADPET (Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture), Malaysia
26. Pax Christi Institute, the Philippines
27. Pax Christi Pilipinas, the Philippines
28. Penang Peace Learning Centre (PPLC), Malaysia
29. Peace Building Club Malaysia
30. Peace Women Partners Philippines
31. Peoples Empowerment Foundation, Thailand
32. Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), the Philippines
33. Progressive Voice, Burma/Myanmar
34. Pusat KOMAS, Malaysia
35. Radio Rakambia, Timor-Leste
36. Research and Education for Peace, Universiti Sains Malaysia (REPUSM), Malaysia
37. Southeast Asia Conflict Studies Network (SEACSN)
38. Southeast Asian Human Rights and Peace Studies Network (SEAHRN)
39. Stop the War Coalition, Philippines
40. Strengthening Human Rights and Peace Research/Education in Asean/Southeast Asia Programme (SHAPE-SEA) Governing Board
41. Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), Malaysia
42. Sulu Current Research Institute – Sharif Ul Hashim Inc., Sulu Archipelago, the Philippines
43. Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP)
44. Terres de Hommes-Germany in Southeast Asia
45. Working Group for Peace (WGP), Cambodia
46. Youth Education for Development and Peace (YEDP), Cambodia
47. 88 Generation Peace and Open Society Organization (Kyun Su) ၈၈ မ ျိုး ဆက်င မ်ျိုး ခ မ်ျိုးရ ျိုးန ှ ပ့်် ွ လ့်် ျိုး်လ အ့် ဖွ ွဲ့အစည်ျိုး(ကျွန်ျိုးစု), Myanmar/Burma
48. 88 Generation Peace and Open Society Organization ( Myeik ) ၈၈ မ ျိုးဆက်င မ ်ျိုးခ မ်ျိုးရ ျိုးန ှ ့််ပွ လ့်် ျိုး်လ အ့် ဖွ ွဲ့အစည်ျိုး (ငမ တ်), Myanmar/Burma
49. 8888 New Generation (Mohnyin), Myanmar/Burma
50. Action Group for Farmers Affair (AGFA- Mandalay Division, Myanmar/Burma
51. Action Group for Farmers Affair (AGFA)- Ayarwaddy Division, Myanmar/Burma
52. Action Group for Farmers Affair (AGFA)- Bago Division, Myanmar/Burma
53. Action Group for Farmers Affair (AGFA)- Magway Division, Myanmar/Burma
54. Action Group for Farmers Affair (AGFA)- Sagaing Division, Myanmar/Burma
55. AGFA Action Group for Farmers’ Affair (Bago), Myanmar/Burma
56. Ahlin Tagar Rural Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
57. AhLin Thitsa Development Committee, Myanmar/Burma
58. Ahnaga Alinn Development Committee, Myanmar/Burma
59. Ahr Thit Yaung Chi (Hline Bwe ) အောျိုးသစ်ရ ော ်ခခည်(လ ်ျိုးဘွ ွဲ့ ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
60. Airavati Foundation, Myanmar/Burma
61. Alin Thitsar Development Committee အလ ်ျိုးသစစောဖွ ွဲ့ ငဖ ျိုးရ ျိုးရကော်မတီ, Myanmar/Burma
62. Alinsaetamarn Library & Resource Center, Myanmar/Burma
63. All Arakan Civil Society Organizations Partnership (AACSOP), Myanmar/Burma
64. All Kachin Youth Union, Myanmar/Burma
65. Ann Township Pipeline Watch Movement Organization အမ်ျိုးငမ ွဲ့နယ်ပ ုက်လ ု ်ျိုးရ ျိုး ောရစော က့််ကည့််လ ပ်ရှောျိုးရ ျိုး အဖွ ွဲ့, Myanmar/Burma
66. Arakan Civil Society Forum for Peace Network(ACSFPN), Myanmar/Burma
67. Arakan Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Association(AHRDPA), Myanmar/Burma
68. Arakan National Congress ( Laytaung )- ခ ု ်အမ ျိုးသောျိုးကွန် က်(ရလျိုးရတော ်), Myanmar/Burma
69. Arakan National Network(ANN), Myanmar/Burma
70. Arakan Peasant Union – APU, Myanmar/Burma
71. Arakan Social Network ( ခ ု ်လ မ ကွန် က်(ရခမပ ု), Myanmar/Burma
72. Arakan Women Union ( ခ ု ်အမ ျိုးသမီျိုး သမဂ္ဂ), Myanmar/Burma
73. Arakan Youth New Generation ( ခ ု ်လ ယ်မ ျိုးဆက်သစ်), Myanmar/Burma
74. Arr Marn Thit Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
75. Athan – Freedom of Expression Activist Organization, Myanmar/Burma
76. Ayeyar Farmer Union, Myanmar/Burma
77. AYN Ayeyawady Youth Network, Myanmar/Burma
78. Ayyar Pyo May Women Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
79. Badeidha Moe CIvil Society Organization, Myanmar/Burma
80. Bago Women Development Group, Myanmar/Burma
81. Banmaw Youth Network, Myanmar/Burma
82. Bee House, Myanmar/Burma
83. Belinn CSO Network ဘီျိုးလ ်ျိုး CSO ကွန်ယက်, Myanmar/Burma
84. Butheetaung Youth Congress (ဘ ျိုးသီျိုးရတော ်လ ယ်ကွန် က်), Myanmar/Burma
85. Candle Light Youth Group, Myanmar/Burma
86. Cang Bong youth, Myanmar/Burma
87. Central Chin Youth Organization, Myanmar/Burma
88. Child Care Foundation (Myawaddy T.S), Myanmar/Burma
89. Child Prevention Network, Myanmar/Burma
90. Chin MATA working group, Myanmar/Burma
91. Chin youth Organization, Matupi, Myanmar/Burma
92. Chinland Natural Resource Watch Group, Myanmar/Burma
93. Citizen’s Action For Transparency (CAfT), Myanmar/Burma
94. Civil Call (Sagaing Region), Myanmar/Burma
95. Community Association Develovment, Myanmar/Burma
96. Community Response Group, Myanmar/Burma
97. Constitution Network ( Hpa An ) အရခခခ ဥပရေကွန်ယက်(ဖောျိုးအ ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
98. Dama Ahlin Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
99. Dawei Development Association, Myanmar/Burma
100. Dawei Research Association, Myanmar/Burma
101. Dawei Watch Foundation, Myanmar/Burma
102. DEC Democratic Education Corner, Myanmar/Burma
103. Development Network Hinthada, Myanmar/Burma
104. Doe Myae Social Development Organization ( Tontay ), Myanmar/Burma
105. Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation EMReF, Myanmar/Burma
106. Environmental Protection and conservation Society of Anin Region. (EPCS.Anin) အန ်ျိုးရေသ သဘောဝထ နျိုး်သ နျိုး်ရစော ရ့်် ရှောက်သ မ ောျိုးအဖွ ွဲ့, Myanmar/Burma
107. Farmer Agricultural Network, Myanmar/Burma
108. Farmer and Labour Union(Myeik), Myanmar/Burma
109. Farmers and Land Rights Action Group, Myanmar/Burma
110. Free & Fair ( Chaung Oo), Myanmar/Burma
111. Free and Justice Women Network ( Hpa An ) F&J (ဖောျိုးအ ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
112. Free Education Service Organization, Myanmar/Burma
113. FREELAND, Myanmar/Burma
114. Future Light Center, Myanmar/Burma
115. Future Light Development Committee (အနောဂ္ါတ်အလ ်ျိုးဖွ ွဲ့ ငဖ ျိုးရ ျိုးရကော်မတီ), Myanmar/Burma
116. Future Light Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
117. Future Star Youth Organization, Myanmar/Burma
118. Future Young Pioneer Organization(FYPO), Myanmar/Burma
119. Gayunarshin Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
120. Generation Wave GW, Myanmar/Burma
121. Gita Yart Won ( Thaton ) ဂ္ီတ ပ်ဝန်ျိုး–သထ ု, Myanmar/Burma
122. Golden Future Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
123. Golden Heart Organization, Myanmar/Burma
124. Green Network Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar/Burma
125. Green Rights Organization ( Shan State ), Myanmar/Burma
126. Green Youth, Myanmar/Burma
127. Halcyon, Myanmar/Burma
128. Hinthada Anti-plastic Organization HAPO, Myanmar/Burma
129. Hkumzup Development Committee, Myanmar/Burma
130. Hline Bwe Youth Network လ ်ျိုးဘွ ွဲ့လ ယ်ကွန်ယက်, Myanmar/Burma
131. Home Ma Lin Youth Network (ဟုမမလ ်ျိုး လ ယ်ကွန်ယက်), Myanmar/Burma
132. Hope For Children Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
133. Hsar Du Wor CBO ( Than Taunggyi ) (ဆောေ ရဝေါ်CBO) (သ ရတော ်ကကီျိုးငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
134. Hsar Ka Baw CBO ( Than Taunggyi ) (ဆောကရပေါ် CBO) (သ ရတော ်ကကီျိုးငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
135. Hsar Mu Htaw ( Than Taunggyi ) ( လ မ အရထောက်အက ခပ အဖွ ွဲ့) (သ ရတော ်ကကီျိုးငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
136. Htaw Mae Pa CSO ( Hline Bwe ) ရထော်မ ပါ CSO (လ ်ျိုးဘွ ွဲ့ ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
137. Htee gyaunt Network, Myanmar/Burma
138. Htoi Gender and Development Foundation, Myanmar/Burma
139. Htun Thit Sa Rural Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
140. Human Right Defenders and Promoters(Palaw), Myanmar/Burma
141. Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Myanmar/Burma
142. Humanitarian Strategy Team – Northern Shan State (HST-NSS)ရှမ်ျိုးခပည်နယ်ရခမောက်ပ ု ်ျိုးလ သောျိုးခ ်ျိုးစောနောရထောက်ထောျိုးမ ပ ျိုးရပါ ်ျိုးရဆော ် ွက်ရ ျိုးအဖွ ွဲ့။, Myanmar/Burma
143. Humanity Institute, Myanmar/Burma
144. IFI Watch (Kyun Su), Myanmar/Burma
145. IFI Watch Myanmar, Myanmar/Burma
146. Independent Society (Hpa An) လွတလ် ပ်ရသောလ ရ့်ဘော ်(ဖောျိုးအ ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
147. iSchol-Myanmar, Myanmar/Burma
148. Island Tagon Social Care Organization, Myanmar/Burma
149. Justice Movement for Community – Innlay, Myanmar/Burma
150. Kachin National Youth Network, Myanmar/Burma
151. Kalyana Mitta Development Foundation, Myanmar/Burma
152. Kachin Development Group, Myanmar/Burma
153. Kachin State Women Network, Myanmar/Burma
154. Kachin Women Union, Myanmar/Burma
155. Kaman Ethnic Social Network(KESN), Myanmar/Burma
156. Kan Chay Arr Man Fishery Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
157. Kanpetlet Land Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
158. Kantbalu Farmers Union, Myanmar/Burma
159. Karan Land Development Organization ကတန်ရခမဖွ ွဲ့ ငဖ ျိုးတ ုျိုးတက်ရ ျိုးအဖွ ွဲ့, Myanmar/Burma
160. Karen Affairs Group KAG (ဖောျိုးအ ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
161. Karen State Women Network KSWN (Hpa An ), Myanmar/Burma
162. Karen Youth Organization (Hpa Pun ) က ်လ ယ်အဖွ ွဲ့(ဖောပွန်ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
163. Karen Youth Organization KYO ( Kyar Inn Sate Kyee ) (ကကောအ ်ျိုးဆ တ်ကကီျိုးငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
164. Karenni Evergreen, Myanmar/Burma
165. Karenni Human Right Group, Myanmar/Burma
166. Karenni National Women Organization, Myanmar/Burma
167. Karenni State Farmer Union, Myanmar/Burma
168. Karuna Foundation ( Kawkareik ) ဂ္ရုဏောရဖော ်ရေျိုးရှ ်ျိုး (ရကော့်က တ်ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
169. Katan Land Development Committee, Myanmar/Burma
170. Kaung Myat Hnalonethar Health Care Organization, Myanmar/Burma
171. Kaung Rwai Social Justice and Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
172. Kayah Earthrights Action Network (KEAN), Myanmar/Burma
173. KESAN (ဖောျိုးအ ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
174. Khaing Myar Thitsar Development Committe ခ ု ်ငမ သစစောဖွ ွဲ့ ငဖ ျိုးရ ျိုးရကော်မတီ, Myanmar/Burma
175. Khine Mye Thitsa Development Committee, Myanmar/Burma
176. KOG (ဖောျိုးအ ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
177. KRDA Kyaukphyu Rural Development Association, Myanmar/Burma
178. Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone Watch Organization − ရက ောက်ခဖြူအထ ျိုးစီျိုးပွါျိုးရ ျိုးဇ ုရစော က့််ကည့််ရ ျိုးအဖွ ွဲ့, Myanmar/Burma
179. Kyun Ta Htaung Myay Foundation ( KTHM ) ကျွန်ျိုးတစ်ရထော ်ရခမ ရဖော ်ရေျိုးရှ ်ျိုး, Myanmar/Burma
180. LAIN Technical Support Group, Myanmar/Burma
181. Land In Our Hands (LIOH), Myanmar/Burma
182. LatButta Farmer Union, Myanmar/Burma
183. Light Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
184. Lin Let Kyal Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
185. Living Water Organization, Myanmar/Burma
186. Lu Mu Htar CBO ( Than Taunggyi ) ( လ မ ထော CBO) (သ ရတော ်ကကီျိုးငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
187. Lu Nge Ahr Marm (လ ယ်အောျိုးမောန်အဖွ ွဲ့), Myanmar/Burma
188. Madae Island Youth Development Association (မရေျိုးကျွန်ျိုး လ ယ်ဖွ ွဲ့ ငဖ ျိုးရ ျိုး အသ ်ျိုး), Myanmar/Burma
189. MATA (Arakan), Myanmar/Burma
190. MATA (Sagaing Region), Myanmar/Burma
191. Matu Baptist Churches, Myanmar/Burma
192. Matu forum Committee, Myanmar/Burma
193. Matu social welfare, Myanmar/Burma
194. Matu Women Association, Myanmar/Burma
195. Mawdukala Mae Social Development Association, Myanmar/Burma
196. May Doe Arrman Women Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
197. Men fellowship Matupi, Myanmar/Burma
198. Metta Development Foundation, Myanmar/Burma
199. Mi Kayin Youth ( Hpa An ) မ က ်လ ယ်(ဖောျိုးအ ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
200. Minhla Youth Centre, Myanmar/Burma
201. Mon Area Community Development organization MACDO – Ye, Myanmar/Burma
202. Mon Literature and Culture Association −Kawkareik(မွနစ် ောရပန ှ ယ့်် ဉ်ရက ျိုးရကော့်က တင်မ .နယ်မ အဖွ ွဲ့ ), Myanmar/Burma
203. MPA Myanmar People’s Alliance ( Shan State), Myanmar/Burma
204. MPFC Myanmar Press Freedom Center, Myanmar/Burma
205. MRJ-Myu Sha Rawt Jat, Myanmar/Burma
206. Mu Sae Cum Multi – Development Association (မ စ ကမ်ျိုး ဘက်စ ုဖွ ွဲ့ ငဖ ျိုးတ ုျိုးတက်ရ ျိုး, Myanmar/Burma
207. Muditar Organization, Myanmar/Burma
208. Mwetaung Area Development Group, Myanmar/Burma
209. Myanmar Covid-19 Response Center, Myanmar/Burma
210. Myanmar Cultural Research Society (MCRS), Myanmar/Burma
211. Myanmar ICT for Developlement Organization-(ဖွ ွဲ့ ငဖ ျိုးမ အတွက်ခမန်မောအ ု ်စီတီအဖွ ွဲ့), Myanmar/Burma
212. Myanmar Independent living Initiative-MILI, Myanmar/Burma
213. Myeik Lawyer Network, Myanmar/Burma
214. Myit Ma Ayeyarwaddy Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
215. National Network for Education Reform NNER, Myanmar/Burma
216. New Generation ( Won Tho )− မ ျိုးဆက်သစ်(ဝန်ျိုးသ ု), Myanmar/Burma
217. Nway Htway Thaw Yin Khwin ရနွျိုးရထွျိုးရသော ်ခွ ်, Myanmar/Burma
218. Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica, Myanmar/Burma
219. Open Development Foundation, Myanmar/Burma
220. Our Natural Land, Myanmar/Burma
221. Oway Education and Youth Institute, Myanmar/Burma
222. Pan Taing Shin Women Rural Development Orgalization, Myanmar/Burma
223. Pan Thi Kyo LGBT Organization, Myanmar/Burma
224. Paung Ku, Myanmar/Burma
225. Paungsee Myittar Organization, Myanmar/Burma, Myanmar/Burma
226. PCMJ Protection Committe for Myanmar Journalist, Myanmar/Burma
227. Peasant and Land Labour Union ( Myeik ) ရတော ်သ လယ်သမောျိုး, Myanmar/Burma
228. မ ောျိုးန ှ ရ့်် ခမယောလုပ်သောျိုးမ ောျိုးသမဂ္ဂ(ငမ တ်), Myanmar/Burma
229. Peasants Legal Aid Network (PLAN), Myanmar/Burma
230. Phyu Sin Myittar Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
231. Pone Yate Sit Regional Development Orgalization, Myanmar/Burma
232. PSC Taung Gote SPC (ရတော ်ကုတ်), Myanmar/Burma
233. Public Service Committee(PSC)Taungoke, Myanmar/Burma
234. Rakhine State Physically Handicapped Association ( ခ ု ်ခပည်နယ်မသန်စွမ်ျိုးသ မ ောျိုး, Myanmar/Burma
235. Rakka Ahr Marn ( ကခအောျိုးမောန်အဖွ ွဲ့), Myanmar/Burma
236. Rambrae Township Development Organization- မ်ျိုးင ငမ ွဲ့နယ်ဖွ ွဲ့ ငဖ ျိုးတ ုျိုးတက်ရ ျိုး အဖွ ွဲ့, Myanmar/Burma
237. Reliable Organization RO, Myanmar/Burma
238. Representative Committee Of Education College Students Unions, Myanmar/Burma
239. Research Institute for Society and Ecology, Myanmar/Burma
240. Rule of law watch group, Myanmar/Burma
241. Rural Community Development Society, Myanmar/Burma
242. Rural Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
243. S& K mining Watch, Myanmar/Burma
244. Salween Network သ လွ ်ကွန်ယက်(ဖောျိုးအ ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
245. SaNaR, Myanmar/Burma
246. Sane Lann Myo Set ( Hpa An ) စ မ်ျိုးလန်ျိုးမ ျိုးဆက်(ဖောျိုးအ ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
247. Sarnar Kyi Phyu Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
248. SarPhyu Famar Network, Myanmar/Burma
249. Save the Salween Network, Myanmar/Burma
250. Saytana Shaesaung Youth Organization, Myanmar/Burma
251. Saytanar Shin Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
252. Sein Yaung So Activities (Tada U), Myanmar/Burma
253. Shan Women Development Network, Myanmar/Burma
254. Sharing – မျှရဝ ော, Myanmar/Burma
255. ShiningStarInterfaith&HR Group, Myanmar/Burma
256. Shwe Nathar Famar Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
257. Shwe Thinkha Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
258. Shwechinthae Social Service Group (shwebo), Myanmar/Burma
259. SKY-youth, Kyaukphyu, Myanmar/Burma
260. Social Program Aid for Civic Education(SPACE), Myanmar/Burma
261. Southern Youth Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
262. Summer Shelter Library (ရနွအ ပ်စောကကည့််တ ုက်), Myanmar/Burma
263. Swam Su Ti Rural Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
264. Synergy (Social Harmony Organization), Myanmar/Burma
265. Tanintharyi MATA, Myanmar/Burma
266. Tarkapaw Youth Group, Myanmar/Burma
267. TEN Taunggyi Education Network, Myanmar/Burma
268. Thanbyuzayart Mon Youth Organization သ ခဖြူဇ ပ်ငမ ွဲ့နယ်လ ုျိုးဆ ု ် ောမွန်လ ယ်အဖွ ွဲ့အစည်ျိုး, Myanmar/Burma
269. Thantwe Development Organization (သ တွ ဖွ ွဲ့ ငဖ ျိုးတ ုျိုးတက်ရ ျိုး အသ ်ျိုး), Myanmar/Burma
270. The Helpers for Perfect Democracy(HPD) – Monywa, Myanmar/Burma
271. The Seagull: Human Rights, Peace & Development, Myanmar/Burma
272. Thint Myat Lo Thu Myat ((Peace Seekers and Multiculturalist Movement), Myanmar/Burma
273. Thit Sar Gone Network သစစောဂ္ုဏ်ကွန်ယက်, Myanmar/Burma
274. Thuriya Sandra Environmental Watch Group, Myanmar/Burma
275. THWEE CSO ( Kawkareik ) သွီျိုး CSO (ရကော့်က တ်ငမ ွဲ့နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
276. Township Leading Group (Waingmaw), Myanmar/Burma
277. Uakthon Local Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
278. Waing Maw CSO Network, Myanmar/Burma
279. WAN Lark Development Foundation (WLDF), Myanmar/Burma
280. Windayel Village Social Organization ( Hpa An ) ဝ ်ျိုးေ ယ်ရက ျိုး ွောလ မ ရ ျိုးအဖွ ွဲ့(ဖောျိုးအ မ ု.နယ်), Myanmar/Burma
281. Women fellowship,Matupi, Myanmar/Burma
282. Women Capacity Building,Kawkareik အမ ျိုးသမီျိုးစွမ်ျိုးရဆော ် ည်ခမ, Myanmar/Burma
283. ြှ တ့်် ရ် ျိုး−ရကော့်က တ်ငမ .နယ်, Myanmar/Burma
284. Women for women foundation, Myanmar/Burma
285. Women Peace and Security Network- Northern Shan State (WPSN-NSS), Myanmar/Burma
286. Worker Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
287. Yae Kyi Sann social support group (BAGO), Myanmar/Burma
288. Yai Ywal Yar Youth Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
289. Yangon Watch, Myanmar/Burma
290. Yatanar Young Chi Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
291. YMCA of Mandalay, Myanmar/Burma
292. Young Ni Oo Social Development Organization, Myanmar/Burma
293. Young Ni Oo Women Group, Myanmar/Burma
294. Youth Ahsee Ahyone – Bago (လ ယ်အစည်ျိုးအရ ုျိုး–ပ ခ ျိုး), Myanmar/Burma
295. Zinlum Committee (Tanphaye), Myanmar/Burma
296. Zomi Student and Youth Organization, Myanmar/Burma
297. Zomia International Myanmar, Myanmar/Burma

Individuals

1. José Manuel Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize co-awardee, Timor-Leste
2. Seng Raw Lahpai, 2013 Ramon Magsaysay awardee, Myanmar/Burma
3. Tirmizy Abdullah, Associate Professor, Mindanao State University, the Philippines
4. William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Activist and Freelance Journalist, York, United Kingdom
5. Corazon Fabros, Vice President, International Peace Bureau, Global/the Philippines

For further information, please contact: [email protected]

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