Among the many challenges Myanmar faces, issues related to conflict resolution—not the least the Rohingya issue—could, if not handled properly, turn into serious stumbling blocks in their efforts to implement the SDGs.
Tag: southeast asia
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The Myanmar government’s refusal to cooperate is unfortunately not an uncommon posture and brings to the fore the need for the UN to ensure that independent and impartial investigations can take place in the best conditions, and, where no cooperation is possible, look for other creative ways to dig up the facts.
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The Rohingya crisis has sparked a change of tone from Guterres, who has been criticized for failing to shine a light on human rights abuses and atrocities.
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In Myanmar, the current aid blockade on all UN agencies, and the ban on international staff that humanitarian organizations have been facing since mid-August, is being justified by the government as necessary for “security reasons.”
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A mechanism to uphold the rule of law in the South China Sea has consistently been the standard that ASEAN members have demanded of China; it has been just as consistently rejected by Beijing.
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Women are not asked to interpret Islamic law, and few expect them to do so. Very often, this is because women are not sufficiently trained for this work.
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Across Myanmar’s history, personalized power has been the norm. Loyalty is to the leader, not to the institution, and when key officials are chosen today they are described as loyal to an individual, not an institution or ideal.
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At a time when established ways of working with refugee displacement are proving inadequate, the situation in Indonesia provides some clues for rethinking global responses.
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Because of her international stature as a democratic icon, there are usually high expectations placed on Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Despite the popularity of the “status quo” approach to China, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will nevertheless have to maintain her own front against China, as disunity would create opportunities for Beijing to weaken democratic institutions and exacerbate domestic instability.
