DawAung San Suu Kyi,sometimes abbreviated to Suu Kyi,is a Burmese politician,diplomat,author,and democracy activist who served as state counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the general secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since the party's founding in 1988 and was registered as its chairperson while it was a legal party from 2011 to 2023. She played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s.
Myanmar,officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma,is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by India to its west,Bangladesh to its southwest,China to its northeast,Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast,and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest. The country's capital city is Naypyidaw,and its largest city is Yangon.
Historically strained,Myanmar's foreign relations,particularly with Western nations,have improved since 2012. Relations became strained once more in 2017 with the Rohingya genocide and due to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. Myanmar has generally maintained warmer relations with near states and is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations,commonly abbreviated as ASEAN,is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia. Together,its member states represent a population of more than 600 million people and land area of over 4.5 million km2 (1.7 million sq mi). The bloc generated a purchasing power parity (PPP) gross domestic product (GDP) of around US$10.2 trillion in 2022,constituting approximately 6.5% of global GDP (PPP). ASEAN member states include some of the fastest growing economies in the world,and the institution plays an integral role in East Asian regionalism.
Surakiart Sathirathai is a Thai politician who,until September 19,2006,a Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand overseeing Foreign Affairs,Education and Culture. He is former President of the Asian Society of International Law and former President of the Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council.
The ASEAN Summit is a biannual meeting held by the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in relation to economic,political,security,and socio-cultural development of Southeast Asian countries. In addition,it serves as a prominent regional (Asia) and international (worldwide) conference,with world leaders attending its related summits and meetings to discuss various problems and global issues,strengthening co-operation,and making decisions. The summit has been praised by world leaders for its success and ability to produce results on a global level.
There is a history of persecution of Muslims in Myanmar that continues to the present day. Myanmar is a Buddhist majority country,with significant Christian and Muslim minorities. While Muslims served in the government of Prime Minister U Nu (1948–63),the situation changed with the 1962 Burmese coup d'état. While a few continued to serve,most Christians and Muslims were excluded from positions in the government and army. In 1982,the government introduced regulations that denied citizenship to anyone who could not prove Burmese ancestry from before 1823. This disenfranchised many Muslims in Myanmar,even though they had lived in Myanmar for several generations.
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy is the graduate school of international affairs of Tufts University,in Medford,Massachusetts. Fletcher is one of America's oldest graduate schools of international relations. As of 2017,the student body numbered around 230,of whom 36 percent were international students from 70 countries,and around a quarter were U.S. minorities.
Marzuki Darusman is an Indonesian lawyer and human rights campaigner who served as the Attorney General of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001. He currently serves as the chairman of an UN Human Rights Council mission on Myanmar since July 2017. He is the Director-General of the Human Rights Resource Centre for ASEAN.
Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia was enacted on Sunday,17 February 2008 by a unanimous vote of the Assembly of Kosovo. All 11 representatives of the Serb minority boycotted the proceedings. International reaction was mixed,and the world community continues to be divided on the issue of the international recognition of Kosovo.
Myanmar and the Philippines are both members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Formal bilateral and diplomatic relations of both countries established in September 1956. Myanmar has an embassy in Manila and the Philippines maintains its embassy in (Yangoon) and later Rangoon.
Malaysia–Myanmar relations are foreign relations between Malaysia and Myanmar. Both are the members of ASEAN and enjoy good relations. Although the relations become strained in late 2016 due to the Rohingya people issues,the relations remained stable after the meeting between both countries' armed forces chiefs to play down the issues. Myanmar currently has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur,and Malaysia has an embassy in Yangon.
Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi is an Indonesian diplomat who has been serving as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Joko Widodo since 2014. She is the first female minister appointed to the post. She was previously the Indonesian Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2012 to 2014,as well as Ambassador to Iceland and Norway from 2005 to 2008.
Ignasius Jonan is an Indonesian professional who was the Indonesian Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources serving under President Joko Widodo's administration. He is a former Indonesian Minister of Transportation and a former CEO of the Indonesian government-owned railway company,PT Kereta Api Indonesia which he headed from 2009 to 2014.
The Rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions and killings of the Muslim Rohingya people by the military of Myanmar. The genocide has consisted of two phases to date:the first was a military crackdown that occurred from October 2016 to January 2017,and the second has been occurring since August 2017. The crisis forced over a million Rohingya to flee to other countries. Most fled to Bangladesh,resulting in the creation of the world's largest refugee camp,while others escaped to India,Thailand,Malaysia,and other parts of South and Southeast Asia,where they continue to face persecution. Many other countries consider these events ethnic cleansing.
The Rohingya genocide is a term applied to the persecution—including mass killings,mass rapes,village-burnings,deprivations,ethnic cleansing,and internments—of the Rohingya people of western Myanmar.
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar is a special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations created in 2018 to respond to the Rohingya genocide starting in August 2017 and its effects in Myanmar. According to the mandate established by the UN General Assembly in its resolution 72/248 in 2017,the Special Envoy "works in close partnership with all stakeholders including local communities and civil society,and regional partners,notably the Government of Bangladesh and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),regional countries,and the broader membership of the United Nations."
Japan–Myanmar relations are the bilateral relations between Japan and Myanmar. It is sometimes referred to as Japan–Burma relations,based on Myanmar's former name Burma until 1989. Japan and Burma enjoyed good relations after the two country's 1954 peace treaty and World War II reparations agreement. Myanmar and Japan held some of the strongest ties among Asian countries,often called a "special relationship" throughout the socialist period. Japan's influence waned towards the 2000s as an ambivalent power stuck between sanctionists like the United States and new engagers like China. Japan today has retained significant political and economic influence over the Myanmar military in the wake of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. Japan has previously condemned the coup and the killing of peaceful protestors.
In December 2023,students from various universities in Aceh,Indonesia protested and rioted against Rohingya refugees. The protests took place at the Balee Meuseuraya Hall in Banda Aceh.
