UN Secretary-General calls on Myanmar military regime to release all political prisoners
Phnom Penh: General Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) on November 12, 2022, he called on the Myanmar military regime to release all political prisoners.
He was speaking at a press conference in Phnom Penh after co-chairing the ASEAN Summit yesterday. The UN Secretary-General also expressed his desire to see Myanmar’s military regime fully implemented. The five points of agreement issued by ASEAN. He expects Indonesia to take over the rotating ASEAN chairmanship in 2023 and work to resolve issues in Myanmar.
“The important thing is to implement the five-point agreement {5PCs},” he said. He trusted the Indonesian president to resolve the final issue, restore democracy and release political prisoners and end serious human rights abuses in Myanmar. He is confident that the Indonesian President will be able to push the agenda for the positive, and that his special envoys are ready to work with the ASEAN envoys to establish procedures for democratization and the release of political prisoners and an end. Serious rape in Myanmar].
According to General Antonio Guterres, human rights abuses are systematic in Myanmar and unacceptable to the people of Myanmar. He blamed the international community for failing to resolve the crisis in the country.
It should be noted that during the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits on 11 November 2022, all ASEAN leaders evaluated and issued their resolutions on the implementation of the 5 points of the Myanmar Consensus Agreement. The ASEAN leaders reaffirmed that Myanmar remains an important part of ASEAN and considered Articles 7 and 20 of the ASEAN Charter and recalled the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits. Come on.
For ASEAN leaders, the situation in Myanmar remains a serious problem with the escalation of violence, which is not only a problem for Myanmar, but also for efforts to build the ASEAN Community. Committed to assisting Myanmar in finding a peaceful solution to the current crisis. With little progress achieved in implementing the five-point unanimous agreement, the Myanmar National Army has a role to play in fulfilling its commitment to ASEAN leaders.
With this assessment, ASEAN leaders at the Cambodia Summit made the following decisions:
1. The important thing is that the five-point unanimous agreement must remain our valid reference and should be fully implemented.
2. It is necessary to have an implementation plan that shows strong, tangible and measurable indicators with a specific timeline to support the five-point unanimous agreement and must be prepared. Assign the ASEAN Foreign Ministers to prepare this implementation plan.
3. Efforts for all stakeholders to adhere to and implement the five-point unanimous agreement and for ASEAN to contact all stakeholders as soon as possible. Communication will be conducted in a flexible and informal manner, especially by the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar, due to the neutrality associated with his mandate, which has the sole purpose of restoring peace and stability in the country in accordance with the agreement. Five points unanimous.
4 / While maintaining Myanmar’s non-political representation in the ASEAN Summit and the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, we have entrusted the ASEAN Coordinating Council with a further review of Myanmar’s representation in ASEAN Meeting if the situation requires.
5. We reaffirm that the ASEAN Summit is the highest decision-making body and will make the final decision on the implementation of the five-point unanimous agreement, including when the consensus cannot be achieved in accordance with the ASEAN Charter.
6 / ASEAN urges all stakeholders to ease tensions and tolerance as much as possible, and all armed stakeholders should be transparently responsible and condemned for the violence, noting that the Myanmar Armed Forces is The single largest military force in Myanmar.7 / ASEAN leaders call on all parties in Myanmar to facilitate the work of the ASEAN Secretary-General and the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Aid and Disaster [AHA] in providing humanitarian assistance in Myanmar to the people of Myanmar. All that is lacking without discrimination. The ASEAN Secretary-General and the AHA Center should provide humanitarian assistance in Myanmar. But it is empowered with appropriate autonomy to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Myanmar.
8. ASEAN leaders called on the United Nations and our external partners to support us in our efforts to implement the five-point unanimous agreement.
9. ASEAN leaders must consider other ways to support the implementation of the five-point unanimous agreement.
10 / ASEAN leaders must review the above decision in the upcoming session and assign the task to the Foreign Minister to monitor the progress and report to the ASEAN Summit
