Introduction
In view of the ongoing political crisis in Myanmar, support for multilateral humanitarian projects continued in 2022.
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Thus, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation is assisting the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to support Myanmar’s civil society in preventing human rights violations and strengthening accountability measures.
In the same vein, a contribution of EUR 1 million in support of ECHO’s intervention plan (European
Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations) was agreed in 2021, and the activities under this plan were deployed in 2022.
At the end of 2022, the second phase of the
MyConstitution programme, implemented by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral
Assistance (International IDEA), came to an end. The programme has supported actors from Myanmar to provide the country with a modern and democratic constitution. Following the coup d’état in February 2021, the programme underwent major adjustments while retaining its relevance to (emerging) democratic actors with a view to a return of democracy in Myanmar.