When the United Nations Secretary-General's special envoy met recently with the military junta leader of a pariah state, the expectation was probably that it would start with an exchange of pleasantries and then be followed by some serious discussion. Of course, nobody would know what the two touched upon during their closed-door meeting. That was not to be.
Before the UN special envoy, Noeleen Heyzer, left Nay Pyi Taw after meeting with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, she released a two-page press statement detailing her encounter with the junta, officially known as the State Administrative Council (SAC), which seized power in Myanmar in February 2021. All the points she made and on which she pressed the junta are well-known.
