5/17/22, 10:39 PM Complaint against Telenor for irresponsible disengagement from Myanmar - SOMO Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/remkotanis/20914239205/ NEWS / July 27, 2021 Complaint against Telenor for irresponsible disengagement from Myanmar Hundreds of Myanmar-based civil society organisations submitted a complaint with Norwegian authorities against telecom multinational Telenor for putting the security and human rights of the Burmese people at risk as it rushes to sell its activities in Myanmar. The complaint (https://www.oecdwatch.org/complaint/somo-representing-474myanmar-csos-vs-telenor-asa/) — filed at the Norwegian National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by 474 Burmese civil society organisations and supported by SOMO — contends that Telenor’s sale of its Myanmar business to M1 Group fails to meet the standards of responsible disengagement set out in the OECD Guidelines, in three key respects: Telenor has failed to conduct appropriate risk-based due diligence and has failed to seek to prevent or mitigate adverse human rights impacts potentially arising from the sale of its Myanmar operations. https://www.somo.nl/oecd-complaint-against-telenor-for-irresponsible-disengagement-from-myanmar/ 1/4