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On February 12, 2021, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution calling for the "immediate and unconditional release of all persons arbitrarily detained . . . and the lifting of the state of emergency" in Myanmar. The resolution specifically refers to the release of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint. The resolution also "[s]trongly deplores the removal of the Government democratically elected by the people of Myanmar in the general election held on 8 November 2020, and the suspension of mandates of members of all parliaments, and calls for the restoration of the democratically elected Government." According to a press release from the UNHRC, the resolution was introduced by the United Kingdom and by Austria, on behalf of the European Union. The resolution follows an executive order on the matter signed by President Biden earlier this week (reported on ILIB) and licensing restrictions implemented by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security.