Ex-UN Secretary-General Ban makes surprise visit to Myanmar

AP
By GRANT PECK
2023 April 25

BANGKOK (AP) — Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made a surprise visit to military-run Myanmar on behalf of a group of elder statesmen that engages in peacemaking and human rights initiatives around the world, local media and a South Korean diplomat said Monday.

State television MRTV reported Monday night that Ban, deputy chair of The Elders, met in the capital, Naypyitaw, with top leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing. It said they exchanged views on the situation in Myanmar in a friendly, positive and open discussion. It did not report details of the meeting, which it said was also attended by the ministers of defense and foreign affairs.

Ban Ki-moon fears Rohingya crisis will be unbearable for Bangladesh

Dhaka Tribune

Tribune Desk
July 10th, 2019

 

 Former UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon speaks to the journalists during her visit to Kutupalang Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Focus Bangla

No Rohingyas have returned and small numbers continue to flee

Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday expressed his fears that the Rohingya issue would eventually be an unbearable crisis for Bangladesh.

He criticized Myanmar for its visible reluctance to take back the forcibly displaced people.

“It is not possible for Bangladesh to host such a large number of Rohingyas for long,” Ki-moon told newsmen, visiting a makeshift camp for refugees.

Rohingya issue could turn into unbearable crisis for Bangladesh: ex-UN chief

THEWEEK
By PTI  
July 10, 2019 
 
Ban Ki-moon criticised Myanmar for being reluctant in taking back Rohingya Muslims

The Rohingya issue would eventually become an unbearable crisis for Bangladesh, former UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday as he criticised Myanmar for being reluctant in taking back tens of thousands of persecuted Rohingya Muslims.

According to the UN estimates, nearly 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in the Rakhine state since August 2017 when the Myanmar army launched a military crackdown

( 10.12.2016 ) On Myanmar, Ban's Nambiar's Canned Statement Does Not Mention Rohingya ( Inner City Press )Video

By Matthew Russell Lee

UNITED NATIONS, December 9 -- Myanmar was the quiet topic of the UN Security Council on the evening of November 17, between meetings on South Sudan and Syria chemical weapons.

Inner City Press was informed that while the US requested the closed door briefing, the US agreed as a condition that there would be no outcome to the meeting.

UN chief calls for better conditions for Rohingya as Myanmar begins peace talks ( The Seattle Globalist )

Reuters  

By Shwe Yee Saw Myint and Antoni Slodkowski

Aug 31, 2016

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, talks to reporters during the joint press conference with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi at Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Naypyitaw, Myanmar August 30, 2016. (Photo by Reuters.)

 

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Myanmar to improve living conditions for its Rohingya Muslim minority on Tuesday, before the peace talks between leader Aung San Suu Kyi and many of the country’s ethnic armed rebel groups.

U.N. Chief Supports Myanmar Advisory Commission on Rakhine State ( Malaysia Sun )

Malaysia Sun  

RFA

Wednesday 31st August, 2016

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday threw his support behind a Myanmar commission to address human rights issues in troubled Rakhine state, chaired by his predecessor Kofi Annan, despite objections from ethnic Rakhine lawmakers.