27 October

UNION  Minister  for  Social  Welfare,  Relief  and  Resettlement  (SWRR)  Dr  Win  Myat  Aye  received Ambassador of Australia to Myanmar Ms Andrea Faulkner at minister office May Kha Lar hall in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning. 

During  the  meeting  cooperation  program  for  human  re-sources  development  through  Australia  government’s  scholar-ship and training courses, status of  cooperating  through  LIFT  (Livelihoods  and  Food  Security)  Fund in expanding the ministry’s cash support program to expecting  mothers  and  children  below  the age of two years, enacting of Child’s  Rights  Law  and  works  conducted  on  protecting  child’s  rights,  status  of  drawing  up  law  on  prevention  and  protection  of  violence  against  women,  status  of implementing joint declaration on preventing sexual violence in conflict, process of receiving and developing  the  socioeconomic  lives  of  displaced  persons  from  Rakhine  State  and  cooperating  with Australia in natural disaster management  matters  were  dis-cussed.

MNA (Translated  by  Zaw Min)