; (ii) through support for environmental conservation, protection, and resilience in the Mekong subregion; and (iii) by enhancing the capacity of countries in the Mekong River Basin on conservation and management of natural resources, including fishery resources, for long-term food security; (G) to continue the important work that provides vital data and monitoring to the people and Governments of the Mekong River; (H) to encourage the development of the capacity of the region to respond to a variety of threats, including countering transnational crime such as trafficking of drugs, wildlife, timber, and persons, and criminal activity associated with illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and to improve health security, including emergency preparedness and response for pandemics and epidemics, cybersecurity, and disaster response and preparedness and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief; (I) to promote the development of human capital through education, medical and public health partnerships, vocational training, youth empowerment, women’s economic empowerment, gender equality, university cooperation, and educational and professional exchanges; (J) to work together with countries in the Mekong River Basin to combat pollution, over fishing, natural resource degradation, and the effects that environmental changes are having on the Mekong River, and the communities that depend on the river, and to support the abilities of such communities to adapt and build resilience capacities of those countries; (K) to encourage all countries in the Mekong River Basin to provide timely early warning for natural and unnatural operations of the river; (L) to support freedom of expression in the countries in the Mekong River Basin through promoting independent journalism and the freedom to access information; (M) to continue to call for the cessation of violence in Burma and support the return of Burma to a path of inclusive democracy, so that it can fully contribute to regional development