James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

In line with the government's longstanding view, motions that cannot be debated or amended should not deal with complex foreign policy matters. The government welcomes Myanmar State Counsellor and Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi's agreement with all recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State led by the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Myanmar has said it will properly implement a majority of recommendations.

Discussions in the Human Rights Council are fluid and ongoing. Australia's aim is to encourage an outcome that improves the human rights situation on the ground rather than to focus on a particular mechanism. Australian ministers and officials continue to raise the government's deep concerns about the situation in the Rakhine State directly with the Myanmar government.