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World must rethink fundamental approach to Myanmar: UN expert

UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, addresses a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday, December 19, 2021 [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]

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 (ASEAN) 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.

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