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UN: UN ENVOY
URGES SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS TO MOVE BEYOND WORDS ON MYANMAR:
17/10/2007
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UNITED
NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network /
- 17 October 2007 –The United Nations Special
Envoy for Myanmar today called on members of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) to go beyond speaking out against the recent use of force in the
country and do more to hasten the process of democratization.
“We’ve appreciated very much the very strong statement coming out of
ASEAN, but now is the time to work together so that the good offices role of the
Secretary-General will deliver concrete results,” Ibrahim Gambari told
reporters in Kuala Lumpur.
Mr.
Gambari, who was dispatched by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week to
meet with Myanmar’s regional partners about the situation in the troubled
Asian nation, arrived in Malaysia following talks with officials in Thailand.
The support of ASEAN and other neighbouring countries to the UN’s efforts
to address the crisis in Myanmar was the main subject of discussions between the
Special Envoy and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi during their
meeting this morning in the country’s administrative capital, Putrajaya.
Mr. Gambari stressed that the Secretary-General is “absolutely committed to
working with the Government of Myanmar, with neighbouring countries [and] with
ASEAN so that together we can achieve this goal of a peaceful, democratic,
prosperous Myanmar that is a positive influence on its neighbours, and also with
full respect for the human rights of its own people.”
“We feel that all those who have influence should use it; all those who can
help should help,” Mr. Gambari stated, adding “that is why ASEAN is
important.”
He said the main obstacle in resolving the current crisis is the lack of
dialogue between the Government and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and
others. Noting the Government’s recent appointment of a liaison officer tasked
with starting dialogue with the opposition, Mr. Gambari stressed the need to
begin such a dialogue “without any further delay.”
Mr. Gambari is now in Jakarta where he is scheduled to meet Indonesia’s
President and Foreign Minister tomorrow. From there, he is expected to move on
to India, China and finally to Japan.
Back at UN Headquarters, the Secretary-General strongly urged Myanmar
authorities to fully implement the seven-point road map for democratization,
adding that the way the authorities have treated the demonstrators was
“abhorrent and unacceptable.”
“The Myanmar authorities should think about the future of their country and
of their people, reflecting and respecting all the wishes of the international
community,” Mr. Ban said in comments
to the press yesterday.
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