Mizzima.com-Sept 1
The United Nations Special Envoy’s recent visit to Myanmar is part of a process that the UN feels its representatives need to go through in attempts to reason with the Myanmar military generals who illegally grabbed power in a coup in February 2021. But what is clear, as can be seen in our cover story for Mizzima Weekly this week, is that junta leader Min Aung Hlaing is spinning the UN envoy around his little finger. UN Special Envoy Noeleen Heyzer would like to think she came with the weight of the UN nation states behind her. Yet the reality is the senior general sought fit to publicly criticize and dismiss the UN’s peace mission and engage in superficial chit-chat.
The world needs to face facts. From day one, the Myanmar military regime has been attempting to deceive the international community including the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and United Nations and the meeting with the UN Special Envoy was its latest chance to “show off” on the international stage. No doubt – according to the press release issued by the UN Special Envoy’s office – Ms Heyzer thought she was bringing up and saying the right things, calling for peace, dialogue and a return to democracy, all on the face of it appearing desirable. But she is dealing with a brutal regime that has demonstrated it has no morals and is adept at trying to spin the type of lies that would embarrass a ten-year-old. The people of Myanmar do not trust the regime at all. Period. They do not believe the UN, or ASEAN for that matter, will be able to achieve anything good for them. Read more at: https://www.mizzima.com/article/un-pursuing-mission-impossible-negotiating-peace-myanmar-junta
