Concerned United Nations can only sidestep Myanmar crisis

In this March 5, 2021, file photo, protesters hold portraits of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an anti-coup demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres bracketed Myanmar with Afghanistan and Ethiopia as nations for whose people “peace and stability remain a distant dream" in a speech last Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, to open the annual U.N. General Assembly. - AP

BANGKOK, Sept 26 (AP): In his speech last week to open the UN General Assembly, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres bracketed Myanmar with Afghanistan and Ethiopia as nations for whose people "peace and stability remain a distant dream.”

He declared unwavering support for the people of the turbulent, military-ruled Southeast Asia state "in their pursuit of democracy, peace, human rights and the rule of law.”