World must rethink fundamental approach to Myanmar: UN expert
1 year, 6 months ago

World must rethink fundamental approach to Myanmar: UN expert

Al Jazeera  

A plan to stop the violence that began with the military coup has made no progress, while the crisis has deepened. The world must reconsider its fundamental approach to the crisis in Myanmar, a United Nations expert has said. Thomas Andrews, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, told reporters in Jakarta there had been no progress on implementing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations five-point peace plan, which the regional grouping agreed with Myanmar coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing soon after he took power in February 2021. Andrews was speaking at the end of a visit to Indonesia, which is the current chair of ASEAN, and coincided with signs of discord within the 10-member group over how to deal with Myanmar after Thailand’s outgoing government hosted talks on Monday it said were aimed at “fully re-engaging” with the military. Andrews said ASEAN must not invite Myanmar’s military personnel to high-level diplomatic meetings, because it risked extending a sense of legitimacy to the coup.

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Thailand hosts regional talks to find solutions to Myanmar’s bloody civil war
6 days, 1 hour ago

Thailand hosts regional talks to find solutions to Myanmar’s bloody civil war

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Two days of meetings on Myanmar ’s violent political crisis began Thursday in the Thai capital Bangkok, the latest in a long series of regional talks that have made no headway in restoring peace to the war-torn Southeast Asian nation. The six nations attending Thursday’s meeting “agreed that direct engagement with Myanmar is critical and necessary,” said Thailand’s …

UN envoy warns Myanmar is in crisis, with conflict escalating and criminal networks 'out of control'
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UN envoy warns Myanmar is in crisis, with conflict escalating and criminal networks 'out of control'

The Independent  

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ASEAN's Pragmatic Approach to Myanmar: A Collective Effort Towards Peace
1 month, 3 weeks ago

ASEAN's Pragmatic Approach to Myanmar: A Collective Effort Towards Peace

The Hindu  

The 44th ASEAN Summit highlighted the mounting concerns about Myanmar's worsening crisis. Despite multiple efforts, including ASEAN's Five-Point Consensus, there has been little progress towards stability. The situation in Myanmar is characterized by a brutal civil war, humanitarian crisis, and the erosion of ASEAN's credibility as a regional bloc committed to peace and stability.

A proposed UN resolution on Myanmar condemns military attacks on civilians and urges peace efforts
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A proposed UN resolution on Myanmar condemns military attacks on civilians and urges peace efforts

The Independent  

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Myanmar’s military, ethnic armed groups agree to China-mediated truce
11 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar’s military, ethnic armed groups agree to China-mediated truce

Al Jazeera  

Both sides agree to cease fighting and not harm residents along Myanmar’s northern border with China. Myanmar’s military, which seized power in a coup nearly three years ago, has agreed to an immediate ceasefire with an alliance of ethnic armed groups whose offensive since October has emerged as the biggest threat to the regime since its power grab. “China hopes …

A veteran diplomat from Laos, the new ASEAN special envoy for Myanmar, embarks on inaugural mission
11 months, 2 weeks ago

A veteran diplomat from Laos, the new ASEAN special envoy for Myanmar, embarks on inaugural mission

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A veteran Laotian diplomat recently appointed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ’ special envoy to Myanmar arrived Wednesday on his first mission to the strife-torn nation, meeting with the head of the ruling military council and other top officials, state television MRTV reported. Diplomat Alounkeo Kittikhoun faces the tough challenge of promoting the regional group’s peace plan …

War in Myanmar: The Hindu Editorial on the junta and restoring democracy
1 year, 1 month ago

War in Myanmar: The Hindu Editorial on the junta and restoring democracy

The Hindu  

A coordinated offensive by Myanmar’s ethnic rebels against the junta in several parts of the country late last month is the clearest sign yet that the coup regime’s hands are overstretched. The Three Brotherhood Alliance, a coalition of ethnic minority armed groups, has claimed to have made territorial gains on Myanmar’s border with China and dozens of junta forces surrendering. …

Why Timor-Leste Decided to Take a Stand on Myanmar
1 year, 2 months ago

Why Timor-Leste Decided to Take a Stand on Myanmar

The Diplomat  

In August, Xanana Gusmao, the prime minister of Timor-Leste, the youngest nation in Southeast Asia, reaffirmed his country’s stance that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has to resolve the human rights crisis in Myanmar and that it would not accept the legitimacy of the country’s military regime. While this expulsion may hinder Timor-Leste’s accession to ASEAN this year, the …

Can a divided ASEAN solve the Myanmar crisis?
1 year, 2 months ago

Can a divided ASEAN solve the Myanmar crisis?

Hindustan Times  

The world is well aware of the ongoing political and socio-economic crisis in Myanmar as a result of military takeover in February 2021. Under Cambodian chairmanship, Myanmar military Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin was barred from attending 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and other forum meetings. At the ASEAN’s Foreign Ministers Meeting, held from 11–12 July 2023, a joint …

Restoring order: The Hindu Editorial on ASEAN and Myanmar
1 year, 3 months ago

Restoring order: The Hindu Editorial on ASEAN and Myanmar

The Hindu  

The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations has finally shown the courage to call out the junta in Myanmar for the ongoing violence and its failure in implementing the Five-Point Consensus that was reached between the two sides, aimed at addressing the post-coup crisis in the country. Myanmar has seen a security and economic decline ever since the military ousted …

U.N. chief says ‘systematic repression’ crushing Myanmar democracy hopes
1 year, 3 months ago

U.N. chief says ‘systematic repression’ crushing Myanmar democracy hopes

The Hindu  

Hopes of a return to democracy in junta-ruled Myanmar are being crushed by “systematic repression”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on September 7 at a summit in Indonesia with the United States, China and regional leaders. “Brutal violence, worsening poverty, and systematic repression are crushing hopes for a return to democracy,” Mr. Guterres said before a meeting with the …

Indonesia warns against new conflicts as U.S., China, Russia attend ASEAN summit
1 year, 3 months ago

Indonesia warns against new conflicts as U.S., China, Russia attend ASEAN summit

The Hindu  

Indonesia warned leaders including U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov against sharpening rivalries as they wrapped up an East Asia summit in Jakarta on Thursday. Ms. Harris spoke about "Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine", maritime challenges in the South and East China Seas and the growing threat of North Korean missile …

After summit joined by China, US and Russia, Indonesia’s leader warns of protracted conflicts
1 year, 3 months ago

After summit joined by China, US and Russia, Indonesia’s leader warns of protracted conflicts

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s president issued a stark warning Thursday after wrapping up a summit of Southeast Asian countries that was joined by China, the United States and Russia, saying “we will be destroyed” unless conflicts are resolved. In an ASEAN leaders’ meeting with China, Japan and South Korea in Jakarta, Li underscored the need to oppose “a new Cold …

A unified strategy and more funding are urgently needed to end the crisis in Myanmar, UN chief says
1 year, 3 months ago

A unified strategy and more funding are urgently needed to end the crisis in Myanmar, UN chief says

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The United Nations chief renewed an urgent call to the international community Thursday to seek a unified strategy to end the worsening crisis in Myanmar. Secretary-General António Guterres said declining financial aid should be boosted to previous levels to enable the world body to respond to an “enormous tragedy.” He said the situation in Myanmar has further …

Myanmar won’t be allowed to lead Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2026, in blow to generals
1 year, 3 months ago

Myanmar won’t be allowed to lead Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2026, in blow to generals

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Southeast Asian leaders decided Tuesday that Myanmar won’t take over the rotating leadership of their regional bloc as scheduled in 2026, in the latest blow to efforts by its ruling generals to gain international recognition after violently seizing power in 2021. An official ASEAN statement issued Tuesday night confirmed the decision to hand the chair to the …

ASEAN states should engage bilaterally with Myanmar to resolve crisis, Malaysian leader says
1 year, 4 months ago

ASEAN states should engage bilaterally with Myanmar to resolve crisis, Malaysian leader says

Associated Press  

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Southeast Asian countries should be given some latitude to engage informally with Myanmar on an individual basis to help resolve a deepening crisis there, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday. Anwar said he and visiting Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. agreed during talks on the need to strengthen the role of the Association of Southeast Asian …

The international community must stand up to Myanmar’s junta
1 year, 5 months ago

The international community must stand up to Myanmar’s junta

Al Jazeera  

With authoritarianism on the rise in much of our world, the struggle of the Myanmar people is the struggle of all who cherish democracy and justice. As army tanks rolled into the centre of Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw on 1 February 2021, the junta swept away a decade of tentative democracy, unprecedented economic development and fragile progress towards greater press freedom. …

Myanmar violence and sea disputes to dominate ASEAN talks joined by US, Russian and Chinese envoys
1 year, 5 months ago

Myanmar violence and sea disputes to dominate ASEAN talks joined by US, Russian and Chinese envoys

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Myanmar’s prolonged civil strife, tensions in the disputed South China Sea and concern over arms buildups in the region are expected to dominate the agenda when Southeast Asia’s top diplomats gather for talks this week in Indonesia. Since assuming ASEAN’s rotating chairmanship this year, Indonesia has initiated some 110 meetings with groups in Myanmar and provided humanitarian …

Regional Splits on Myanmar Are Becoming More Apparent
1 year, 6 months ago

Regional Splits on Myanmar Are Becoming More Apparent

The Diplomat  

From May 9 to 11, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations convened in the stunning fishing town of Labuan Bajo in the eastern Indonesian region of Nusa Tenggara for its 42nd summit. In the latest ASEAN summit’s 25-page “Chairman’s Statement,” the Myanmar crisis triggered by the coup and the ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus were mentioned in the very last point, below …

Thailand to host meeting to ‘fully re-engage’ Myanmar’s generals
1 year, 6 months ago

Thailand to host meeting to ‘fully re-engage’ Myanmar’s generals

Al Jazeera  

Thailand is set to host talks aimed at re-engaging Myanmar’s shunned military leaders in an initiative critics said undermined regional unity on the strife-torn country’s deadlocked crisis. The Thai invitation to ASEAN foreign ministers, published on Twitter by Human Rights Watch, said the meeting would discuss a proposal for the regional bloc to “fully re-engage Myanmar at the leaders’ level”. …

Thailand’s caretaker government criticized for holding meeting to discuss military-ruled Myanmar
1 year, 6 months ago

Thailand’s caretaker government criticized for holding meeting to discuss military-ruled Myanmar

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Thailand on Monday will host a meeting of neighboring countries to discuss the violent political deadlock in Myanmar, an initiative that has been criticized for potentially undermining regional peace efforts and for being carried out by a caretaker government. A Malaysian government statement Sunday said its foreign minister, Zambry Abdul Kadir, would not be able to attend “due …

No progress in ending Myanmar's deadly civil strife: ASEAN leader
1 year, 7 months ago

No progress in ending Myanmar's deadly civil strife: ASEAN leader

The Hindu  

Indonesian President Joko Widodo somberly acknowledged to fellow Southeast Asian leaders on May 11 that no progress has been made to end the civil strife gripping Myanmar and renewed a call for an end to the violence, including a recent airstrike a rights group called an “apparent war crime." “There has been no significant progress in the implementation of the …

ASEAN leader: No progress in ending Myanmar’s deadly civil strife
1 year, 7 months ago

ASEAN leader: No progress in ending Myanmar’s deadly civil strife

Associated Press  

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — Indonesian President Joko Widodo somberly acknowledged to fellow Southeast Asian leaders Thursday that no progress has been made to end the civil strife gripping Myanmar and renewed a call for an end to the violence, including a recent airstrike a rights group called an “apparent war crime.” “I have to be honest,” Widodo told fellow leaders …

Under pressure, ASEAN says ‘deeply concerned’ at Myanmar violence
1 year, 7 months ago

Under pressure, ASEAN says ‘deeply concerned’ at Myanmar violence

Al Jazeera  

Regional bloc is leading diplomatic efforts to end the violence caused by the 2021 military coup but has made scant progress. “We were deeply concerned with ongoing violence in Myanmar and urged the immediate cessation of all forms of violence and the use of force to create a conducive environment for the safe and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance and …

Myanmar violence, sea feud are tough challenges for ASEAN
1 year, 7 months ago

Myanmar violence, sea feud are tough challenges for ASEAN

Associated Press  

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — Alarm over Myanmar’s still-unfolding deadly civil strife, including an armed attack on an aid convoy, and China’s aggressive actions in the disputed South China Sea are expected to challenge Southeast Asian leaders’ commitments to non-interference and consensus decision-making as they meet in Indonesia this week. Human Rights Watch on Tuesday described the strike as an “apparent …

Myanmar aid convoy attack raises stakes for under-fire ASEAN
1 year, 7 months ago

Myanmar aid convoy attack raises stakes for under-fire ASEAN

Al Jazeera  

As leaders of the Southeast Asian bloc meet in Indonesia, the crisis triggered by the February 2021 military coup strikes close to home. “ASEAN should and must engage with different stakeholders, not just with the military junta.” Myanmar was admitted to ASEAN under a previous military government, but top military-appointed ministers were excluded from ASEAN meetings shortly after the coup, …

2 Years of Turmoil: Myanmar’s Spiraling Civil War
1 year, 7 months ago

2 Years of Turmoil: Myanmar’s Spiraling Civil War

The Diplomat  

February 1 marked two years since Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw, launched a disastrous putsch that has plunged the country into broader strife and economic meltdown. More than 3,000 civilians have been reported killed by SAC forces and an estimated 300 from the regime’s air strikes while the junta recently blamed PDF attacks for killing nearly 5,500 civilians. The United Nations …

ASEAN ‘strongly condemns’ deadly Myanmar air attack
1 year, 8 months ago

ASEAN ‘strongly condemns’ deadly Myanmar air attack

Al Jazeera  

Regional bloc calls for an end to use of force against civilians as media reports say up to 100 people may have died in Pa Zi Gyi. The statement from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Thursday came a day after the Myanmar military confirmed the air attack on a ceremony held by the National Unity Government, a parallel …

UN envoy: Wide resistance to Myanmar military’s repression
1 year, 9 months ago

UN envoy: Wide resistance to Myanmar military’s repression

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Widespread popular resistance to brutal repression by Myanmar’s military shows no sign of abating across much of the country, and with both sides intent on winning by force “there is no prospect for a negotiated settlement,” the U.N. special envoy to the conflict-wracked nation said Thursday. In a grim assessment, Noeleen Heyzer told the 193-member U.N. General …

Malaysia’s Anwar urges ASEAN to speak up on Myanmar violence
1 year, 9 months ago

Malaysia’s Anwar urges ASEAN to speak up on Myanmar violence

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to speak up and hold Myanmar’s military leaders accountable for blatant human rights violations, but said the country should remain in the regional bloc. Anwar, who took office in November, has become one of the most vocal critics in ASEAN of Myanmar’s military, which seized …

ASEAN Ministers urge Myanmar junta to implement agreed peace plan
1 year, 10 months ago

ASEAN Ministers urge Myanmar junta to implement agreed peace plan

The Hindu  

Southeast Asian Ministers at the end of two-day talks in Indonesia on February 4 urged Myanmar's junta to implement a five-point peace plan agreed two years ago to create a path towards ending the country's political crisis. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said Jakarta proposed an implementation plan to ASEAN members for the "five-point consensus" agreed with the junta in …

UN chief backs democracy for Myanmar 2 years after takeover
1 year, 10 months ago

UN chief backs democracy for Myanmar 2 years after takeover

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Two years after Myanmar’s military seized power, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced support Monday for the democratic aspirations of Myanmar’s people and warned that the military’s planned elections amid a crackdown on civilians and political leaders “risk exacerbating instability.” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the secretary-general strongly condemns all forms of violence in Myanmar as the crisis …

ASEAN’s Myanmar Headache Changes Hands
2 years ago

ASEAN’s Myanmar Headache Changes Hands

The Diplomat  

According to Burmese mythology, there was once a wager between two friendly deities: Sakra, king of the Devas, and Arsi, king of the Brahmas. ASEAN has few concrete achievements to show for all its efforts When originally announced in April 2021, the five-point consensus raised premature hopes that Myanmar’s chaotic descent into conflict could be reversed. Given Indonesia’s status as …

UN council adopts resolution urging end to Myanmar violence
2 years ago

UN council adopts resolution urging end to Myanmar violence

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council approved its first-ever resolution on Myanmar on Wednesday, demanding an immediate end to violence in the Southeast Asian nation and urging its military rulers to release all “arbitrarily detained” prisoners including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and to restore democratic institutions. The resolution “acknowledges ASEAN’s central role in helping to find a …

UN Security Council resolution demands end to Myanmar violence
2 years ago

UN Security Council resolution demands end to Myanmar violence

Al Jazeera  

The only other Security Council resolution on Myanmar was in 1948, which recommended then-Burma’s entry to world body. The group Burma Campaign UK welcomed the resolution but said it would have “no practical impact” and that imposing a global arms embargo on Myanmar’s military should have been a “no-brainer first step”. @burmacampaignuk https://t.co/NMbtCSMncB — Phil Robertson December 22, 2022 The …

Myanmar must get democratic transition back on track immediately: UN chief Antonio Guterres
2 years, 1 month ago

Myanmar must get democratic transition back on track immediately: UN chief Antonio Guterres

The Hindu  

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on November 12 urged the Myanmar junta to "immediately" restart democracy, saying it was the only way to stop the "unending nightmare" engulfing the country. "I urge the authorities of Myanmar to listen to their people, release political prisoners and get the democratic transition back on track immediately. Myanmar says it’s committed to ASEAN peace …

UN’s Guterres urges Myanmar generals to allow return to democracy
2 years, 1 month ago

UN’s Guterres urges Myanmar generals to allow return to democracy

Al Jazeera  

UN chief calls the situation in Myanmar an ‘unending nightmare’ for citizens and a threat to the security of the region. Myanmar has spiralled into bloody conflict since the military removed Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in a coup in February last year. Raising pressure ASEAN leaders blocked Myanmar’s military leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, from attending the …

SE Asian leaders do little to raise pressure on Myanmar
2 years, 1 month ago

SE Asian leaders do little to raise pressure on Myanmar

Associated Press  

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Southeast Asian leaders did little to ramp up pressure on Myanmar to comply with their plan for peace, agreeing Friday to a course of action that largely kicks the matter down the road. But in their “review and decision on the implementation of the five-point consensus” released Friday, the leaders decided to task ASEAN’s coordinating council …

Myanmar’s coup is faltering. Activists want tougher ASEAN action
2 years, 1 month ago

Myanmar’s coup is faltering. Activists want tougher ASEAN action

Al Jazeera  

The scale of violence in Myanmar is second only to one other conflict in the world – the war in Ukraine. The 46-year-old mathematics teacher was a vocal critic of Myanmar’s military rulers and was running schools for the rival National Unity Government – an administration established in opposition to the military by ethnic leaders, activists and the elected politicians …

Southeast Asia leaders struggle with Myanmar crisis at summit
2 years, 1 month ago

Southeast Asia leaders struggle with Myanmar crisis at summit

Al Jazeera  

Southeast Asian leaders have demanded that Myanmar’s military rulers implement a peace plan aimed at stopping the bloodshed in the country where thousands have been killed since the army seized power in a coup last year. “Engagement would be done in a flexible and informal manner, primarily undertaken by the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar,” the leaders’ …

Myanmar tops Asian summit’s agenda as global issues loom
2 years, 1 month ago

Myanmar tops Asian summit’s agenda as global issues loom

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Southeast Asian leaders convene in the Cambodian capital Thursday, faced with the challenge of trying to curtail escalating violence in Myanmar while the country’s military-led government shows no signs of complying with the group’s peace plan. Ahead of the summit, Daniel Kritenbrink, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said the talks would be …

Myanmar tops Asian summit's agenda as global issues loom
2 years, 1 month ago

Myanmar tops Asian summit's agenda as global issues loom

The Hindu  

Southeast Asian leaders convene in the Cambodian capital on November 10, faced with the challenge of trying to curtail escalating violence in Myanmar while the country’s military-led government shows no signs of complying with the group’s peace plan. “I cannot emphasise how much damage was done by the Trump administration not showing up — and it's not just not showing …

The continuing stalement in Myanmar
2 years, 1 month ago

The continuing stalement in Myanmar

The Hindu  

Twenty-one months after a military coup, which derailed a decade-old experiment with limited democracy, Myanmar is struggling to cope with the consequences. Internal scene When the Tatmadaw, unhappy with the victory of the Aung San Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy in the November 2020 elections, chose to violate the constitution, it acted in the belief that the people would …

Myanmar junta warns ASEAN against peace plan 'pressure'
2 years, 1 month ago

Myanmar junta warns ASEAN against peace plan 'pressure'

The Hindu  

Myanmar's junta has warned a regional bloc working to defuse its political crisis that setting a timeframe for a peace plan could lead to "negative implications". A peace plan agreed by Myanmar and ASEAN last year — which the former has largely ignored — was a "process", the junta's foreign affairs ministry said in a statement late Thursday. Junta leader …

Myanmar warns ASEAN that pressure would be counterproductive
2 years, 1 month ago

Myanmar warns ASEAN that pressure would be counterproductive

Al Jazeera  

Military-ruled Myanmar says it will not ‘be bound’ by outcome of meetings by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Myanmar’s military government has warned that any pressure from its Southeast Asian neighbours to put a time frame on a peace plan would create “negative implications”. Late on Thursday, Myanmar’s military-appointed foreign ministry released a statement blaming armed resistance movements for …

UN envoy: Myanmar crisis deepens, taking ‘catastrophic toll’
2 years, 1 month ago

UN envoy: Myanmar crisis deepens, taking ‘catastrophic toll’

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned Tuesday that the political, human rights and humanitarian crisis in the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation is deepening and taking “a catastrophic toll on the people.” Noeleen Heyzer told the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee that more than 13.2 million people don’t have enough to eat, 1.3 million are displaced …

UN: Myanmar’s ruler open to UN visit to Suu Kyi but not now
2 years, 4 months ago

UN: Myanmar’s ruler open to UN visit to Suu Kyi but not now

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The head of Myanmar’s military-installed government “expressed openness to arranging a meeting at the right time” between U.N. special envoy Noeleen Heyzer and the country’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the United Nations said Thursday. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing told Heyzer during a meeting Wednesday in Myanmar’s capital, …

UN envoy tells Myanmar general: End violence, seek democracy
2 years, 4 months ago

UN envoy tells Myanmar general: End violence, seek democracy

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer, met Wednesday with the head of its military-installed government and called on him to urgently halt all violence, support a political path back to civilian rule and democracy, and allow the country’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to return home and to meet with her. He said the …

ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar warns on further executions
2 years, 4 months ago

ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar warns on further executions

Associated Press  

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Efforts by Myanmar’s neighbors to help restore peace and normalcy to the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation were hindered by the country’s recent executions of four political activists, Cambodia’s foreign minister said Saturday. On Saturday, he described the executions of Myanmar dissidents as a “setback” to his mediation efforts and said the nine ASEAN members aside from …

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