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# Special Advisory Council for Myanmar

Working for human rights, peace, democracy, justice and accountability in Myanmar.

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- [The Philippines’ Failure on Myanmar is Existential for ASEAN](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/07/the-philippines-failure-on-myanmar-is-existential-for-asean/) - မြန်မာ့အရေး ဖိလစ်ပိုင်နိုင်ငံ၏ပျက်ကွက်မှုသည် အာဆီယံတစ်ခုလုံး၏ဖြစ်တည်မှုကို ခြိမ်းခြောက်မှုဖြစ်စေသည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ This statement is issued by Dato’ Sri Saifuddin Abdullah, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia and current member of the House of Representatives of Malaysia; Khun Kasit Piromya, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand; and three former UN experts on Myanmar who are founding members of the
- [ASEAN Announces its Failure with Planned Junta Engagement](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/07/asean-announces-its-failure-with-planned-junta-engagement/) - စစ်အုပ်စုနှင့် ထိတွေ့ဆက်ဆံမည့်အစီအစဉ်သည် အာဆီယံ၏ကျရှုံးမှုကို ကြေညာလိုက်ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 11 July 2026: ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ scheduled meeting with the Myanmar junta’s “foreign minister” in Bangkok on Sunday would undermine ASEAN’s own Five-Point Consensus (5PC) and reward the junta’s bloodshed and recalcitrance. It will embolden the junta even more to commit atrocities while gifting it the legitimacy it needs
- [Australia Must Address Quad Member India’s Reckless Engagement with Min Aung Hlaing](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/06/australia-must-address-quad-member-indias-reckless-engagement-with-min-aung-hlaing/) - ဩစတြေးလျသည် Quad အဖွဲ့ဝင် အိန္ဒိယက မင်းအောင်လှိုင်နှင့် အဆင်အခြင်မဲ့ထိတွေ့ဆက်ဆံခဲ့သည့် ကိစ္စကို ကိုင်တွယ်ရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 16 June 2026: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) has urged Australia to formally raise with fellow Quad member India its decision to host alleged war criminal and Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing in New Delhi in early June. SAC-M has written to
- [Ben Lee's Remarks at the Aung San Suu Kyi Proof of Life Event, Sydney—video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/06/ben-lees-remarks-at-the-aung-san-suu-kyi-proof-of-life-event-sydney-video/) - SAC-M Executive Director Ben Lee was honoured to join Kim Aris and over 500 people at a Burmese community event in Sydney and deliver some remarks. Kim is leading a global campaign demanding the Myanmar junta produce Proof of Life for his mother, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains in incommunicado arbitrary detention. More
- [SAC-M to the International Community: Reject the Junta’s Sham Elections, Back the People](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/11/sac-m-to-the-international-community-reject-the-juntas-sham-elections-back-the-people/) - 21 November 2025: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) has again urged the UN and governments to outright reject the junta’s planned sham elections, scheduled to begin on 28 December. The junta’s planned poll marks a critical juncture in Myanmar’s multi-year crisis and a cynical grab for desperately needed legitimacy. As the sham elections
- [The Junta Is Ramping Up Its Attacks on Civilians Ahead of Its Sham Elections](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/12/the-junta-is-ramping-up-its-attacks-on-civilians-ahead-of-its-sham-elections/) - စစ်အုပ်စုသည် ၎င်းတို့၏ အတုအယောင်ရွေးကောက်ပွဲများမတိုင်မီ အရပ်သားများအပေါ် တိုက်ခိုက်မှုများကို အရှိန်မြှင့်တင်နေ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 12 December 2025: The Myanmar military junta’s escalating campaign of pre-election violence is growing deadlier by the day. The international community, including ASEAN and its members, must take urgent action to protect Myanmar civilians from the junta’s intensifying attacks ahead of its fast-approaching sham elections, says the
- [Eve of the Sham Elections: States Must Act to End Myanmar Junta’s Atrocities and Reject its Empty Power Grab](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/12/eve-of-the-sham-elections-states-must-act-to-end-myanmar-juntas-atrocities-and-reject-its-empty-power-grab/) - အတုအယောင်ရွေးကောက်ပွဲအကြိုနေ့ - နိုင်ငံတကာအစိုးရများသည် မြန်မာစစ်အုပ်စု၏ အဓိပ္ပါယ်မဲ့သောအာဏာလုယူမှုကို ငြင်းဆန်ကာ ၎င်း၏ရက်စက်ကြမ်းကြုတ်မှုများကို အဆုံးသတ်ရမည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 26 December 2025: The Myanmar military junta continues to ramp up its atrocity operations two days out from the start of its sham elections, which commence on 28 December. The international community, including ASEAN and the UN, must condemn the junta’s atrocities and take concrete
- [Slam the Sham: SAC-M Calls on the International Community to Outright Reject the Myanmar Junta’s Fake Elections Now](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/12/slam-the-sham-sac-m-calls-on-the-international-community-to-outright-reject-the-myanmar-juntas-fake-elections-now/) - အတုအယောင်ကို ပြတ်ပြတ်သားသား ဆန့်ကျင်ကြ - မြန်မာစစ်အုပ်စု၏ အတုအယောင်ရွေးကောက်ပွဲကို ချက်ချင်း ယတိပြတ်ငြင်းပယ်ရန် နိုင်ငံတကာအသိုင်းအဝိုင်းကို SAC-M ကတောင်းဆိုလိုက်သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 29 December 2025: The Myanmar military junta yesterday conducted the “first phase” of its sham elections – an exercise in misdirection aimed at diverting attention away from its atrocities and gaslighting the international community into gifting the junta the legitimacy it so
- [ASEAN Must Clearly Reject the Myanmar Junta’s Absurd Fake Elections](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/01/asean-must-clearly-reject-the-myanmar-juntas-absurd-fake-elections/) - မြန်မာစစ်အုပ်စု၏ အဓိပ္ပါယ်မဲ့ အတုအယောင်ရွေးကောက်ပွဲကို အာဆီယံက ပြတ်သားစွာ ငြင်းပယ်ရမည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 13 January 2026: The second phase of the Myanmar military junta’s fake elections concluded on Sunday, once again marked by widespread voter boycotts and public rejection. Refusing to be cowed by junta threats, intimidation and violence, the Myanmar people’s brave boycott of the junta’s sham elections continued
- [As the Myanmar Military Junta’s Electoral Farce Ends, It’s Past Time to End Its Campaign of Terror](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/01/as-the-myanmar-military-juntas-electoral-farce-ends-its-past-time-to-end-its-campaign-of-terror/) - စစ်အုပ်စု၏ ရုပ်ပျက်ဆင်းပျက် ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ ပြီးဆုံးလာပြီဖြစ်ပြီး ၎င်းတို့၏ အကြမ်းဖက်ခြောက်လှန့်မှု လုပ်ငန်းများကို အဆုံးသတ်နိုင်ရေး ဝိုင်းဝန်းကြိုးပမ်းရန်လည်း အချိန်လွန်နေပြီဖြစ်သည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 24 January 2026: The third and final phase of the Myanmar military junta’s sham elections will take place on Sunday, bringing to a close a month-long exercise that never rose above farce. The junta’s hollow spectacle has been staged in a desperate bid
- [SAC-M and ANFREL’s New Joint Report: The Myanmar Junta’s Illegitimate 2025-26 Elections and the Way Forward](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/04/sac-m-and-anfrels-new-joint-report-the-myanmar-juntas-illegitimate-2025-26-elections-and-the-way-forward/) - SAC-M နှင့် ANFREL တို့၏ ပူးတွဲအစီရင်ခံစာသစ် - မြန်မာစစ်အုပ်စု၏ တရားမဝင် ၂၀၂၅-၂၆ ရွေးကောက်ပွဲနှင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ရှေ့လားရာ” မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 10 April 2026: The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) and the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) today launched their joint report ‘Old Generals, New Clothes: The Myanmar Junta’s Illegitimate 2025-26 Elections and the Way Forward’. The report scrutinises
- [Philippines Must Deliver Strong ASEAN Leadership on Myanmar  After Five Years of Dismal Failure](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/05/philippines-must-deliver-strong-asean-leadership-on-myanmar-after-five-years-of-dismal-failure/) - မြန်မာ့အရေးတွင် ငါးနှစ်တိုင် ဆိုးဆိုးရွားရွားအောင်မြင်မှုမရှိ ဖြစ်နေသည့် အာဆီယံအတွက် ဖိလစ်ပိုင်နိုင်ငံက ခိုင်မာအားကောင်းသောခေါင်းဆောင်မှု ဖော်ဆောင်ပေးရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ This statement is issued by Dato’ Sri Saifuddin Abdullah, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia and current member of the House of Representatives of Malaysia; Khun Kasit Piromya, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand; Leila M. de Lima, former Secretary of Justice of
- [Five Years of Myanmar’s Spring Revolution: States Must Support the People’s Genuine Will and Act to End the Junta’s Atrocities](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/02/five-year-anniversary-coup-myanmar/) - မြန်မာ့နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေး ငါးနှစ်တာ - နိုင်ငံတကာအစိုးရများက မြန်မာပြည်သူများ၏ စစ်မှန်သောဆန္ဒကို အားပေးပံ့ပိုးပြီး စစ်အုပ်စု၏ရက်စက်မှုများကို အဆုံးသတ်နိုင်အောင် ဆောင်ရွက်ရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။​ 1 February 2026: On 1 February 2021, the Myanmar military tried to impose its rule in an early morning military coup attempt. Five years later, the junta’s attempted takeover has failed, but its mass atrocities against civilians continue to escalate. Junta leader Min
- [TIMOR-LESTE’S COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY MARKS AN  ASEAN TURNING POINT ON MYANMAR](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/02/timor-lestes-commitment-to-accountability-marks-an-asean-turning-point-on-myanmar/) - တီမောလက်စ်တေ၏ တာဝန်ယူမှု၊ တာဝန်ခံမှုဆိုင်ရာ ကတိကဝတ်ပြုဆောင်ရွက်ချက်သည် အာဆီယံအတွင်း မြန်မာ့အရေးဆိုင်ရာ အလှည့်အပြောင်းတစ်ခုဖြစ်သည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 23 February 2026: Timor-Leste has shown immediate leadership in the opening months of its ASEAN membership, meeting its commitment to peace, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar. In early February, Timor-Leste appointed a prosecutor to explore potential proceedings against the Myanmar military junta, including junta
- [Myanmar's coup leader seeks legitimacy as family wealth surfaces in Thailand](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/04/myanmars-coup-leader-seeks-legitimacy-as-family-wealth-surfaces-in-thailand/) - The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) quotes SAC-M founding member Yanghee Lee in its 17 April article. By Libby Hogan 17 April 2026 When Sean Turnell, a former economic advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi, was thrown into prison after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, he pieced together the commander-in-chief's character from an unlikely
- [Connor Macdonald: Junta implementing campaign of collective punishment on the population—Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/04/connor-macdonald-junta-implementing-campaign-of-collective-punishment-on-the-population-video/) - SAC-M's Advocacy and Communications Coordinator, Connor Macdonald, speaks to Le Monde for its investigation into the deliveries of four aircraft from a Czech company to the junta, despite an EU ban on the export of weapons that could be used for military purposes.
- [Ben Lee: Myanmar junta sham elections aim to gaslight the international community—Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/12/ben-lee-myanmar-junta-sham-elections-aim-to-gaslight-the-international-community-video/) - SAC-M Executive Director Ben Lee speaks to BBC Newsday about the Myanmar junta sham elections, which commenced on 28 December 2025.
- [Yanghee Lee: The Myanmar junta's fake elections will not return power to the people—Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/01/yanghee-lee-the-myanmar-juntas-fake-elections-will-not-return-power-to-the-people/) - SAC-M Member Yanghee Lee speaks to DW News about the "third phase" of the Myanmar junta's fake election process, the likely outcome, and what the international community must do to respond. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-vZ942lajA
- [Yanghee Lee: Min Aung Hlaing swaps military uniform for longyi following sham elections—Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/03/yanghee-lee-min-aung-hlaing-swaps-military-uniform-for-longyi-following-sham-elections-video/) - SAC-M Member Yanghee Lee speaks to BBC news about Min Aung Hlaing's imminent appointment as "president" of the junta's new fake government.
- [Ben Lee: ASEAN needs to reject the outcome of the Myanmar junta's fake elections—Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/01/ben-lee-asean-needs-to-reject-the-outcome-of-the-myanmar-juntas-fake-elections-video/) - Ben Lee, executive director of SAC-M, speaks to CNA’s Asia Now about the widespread public boycotts and low voter turnout that have marked the first phase of the Myanmar junta's sham elections. He calls on ASEAN leaders to outright condemn the sham elections and take action against the junta for its atrocities and abuses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_mlOuHfeA&t=1s
- [Yanghee Lee: The Myanmar junta's "election" is a charade—Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/12/yanghee-lee-the-myanmar-juntas-election-is-a-charade-video/) - SAC-M Member Yanghee Lee speaks to DW News about the Myanmar junta's sham election, which commenced on 28 December 2025.
- [Ben Lee: Myanmar junta's sham elections will be bloody & illegitimate—Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/08/ben-lee-myanmar-juntas-sham-elections-will-be-bloody-illegitimate-video/) - Ben Lee, Executive Director of SAC-M, speaks to BBC Newsday about the junta announcing an end to its 'state of emergency' ahead of its planned sham elections, scheduled to take place in December 2025. https://youtu.be/HMVn2BZHllQ?si=NnCd7-L0GeL8b4rF
- [Chinese firms supports production of some of junta’s deadliest weapons, SAC-M finds](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/07/chinese-firms-supports-production-of-some-of-juntas-deadliest-weapons-sac-m-finds/) - Myanmar Now's coverage of SAC-M’s 16 July report Factory of Death. In a new report, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) calls on the international community to act against Chinese firms supplying designs and material to produce bombs that the Myanmar military uses against its own people 17 July 2025 An organisation of human
- [‘Factory of Death’: Report Links Chinese Firms to Myanmar Junta’s Bomb Production](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/07/factory-of-death-report-links-chinese-firms-to-myanmar-juntas-bomb-production/) - The Irrawaddy's coverage of SAC-M's 16 July report Factory of Death. By Myo Pyae 18 July 2025 A Chinese state-owned company is helping the Myanmar military regime to manufacture bombs used in deadly airstrikes against resistance forces and civilians across the country, according to a new report by the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M).
- [Chinese firm helps supply Myanmar junta with bombs — report](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/07/chinese-firm-helps-supply-myanmar-junta-with-bombs-report/) - DW's coverage of SAC-M’s 16 July 2025 report Factory of Death. With the Myanmar military rulers increasingly dependent on Beijing, a new report claims a state-owned Chinese company is helping the junta produce aerial bombs used against both rebels and civilians. By Tommy Walker 17 July 2025 Bombs made with Chinese support are "widely used
- [Old Generals, New Clothes: The Myanmar Junta's Illegitimate 2025-26 Elections and the Way Forward](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/04/old-generals-new-clothes-the-myanmar-juntas-illegitimate-2025-26-elections-and-the-way-forward-2/) - This panel discussion was held by the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) and the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) on Friday 10 April 2026 to launch their new joint report on the Myanmar military junta’s illegitimate "elections". In this discussion, SAC-M executive director Ben Lee, ANFREL executive director Brizza Rosales and election analyst
- [Old Generals, New Clothes: The Myanmar Junta’s Illegitimate 2025-26 Elections and the Way Forward](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/04/old-generals-new-clothes-the-myanmar-juntas-illegitimate-2025-26-elections-and-the-way-forward/) - 'Old Generals, New Clothes: The Myanmar Junta’s Illegitimate 2025-26 Elections and the Way Forward' is a joint report by the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) and the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The report scrutinises the military junta’s staged “elections” – conducted over three phases in December 2025 and January 2026 – and
- [The International Community Must Back Myanmar’s Historic Revolutionary Steering Council](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/04/the-international-community-must-back-myanmars-historic-revolutionary-steering-council/) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ သမိုင်းဝင် တော်လှန်ရေးဦးဆောင်ကောင်စီကို နိုင်ငံတကာအသိုင်းအဝိုင်းက ဝိုင်းဝန်းပံ့ပိုးရမည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 1 April 2026: The formation of an historic new alliance between key Myanmar revolutionary actors marks a significant step towards building a genuine federal democratic Union and must be supported by the international community, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) The Steering Council for the Emergence
- [From Fatigues to Longyis: The Myanmar Junta’s Absurd Rebrand Begins](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/03/from-fatigues-to-longyis-the-myanmar-juntas-absurd-rebrand-begins/) - စစ်ယူနီဖောင်းမှ အရပ်ဝတ်ပြောင်း၍ မြန်မာစစ်အုပ်စု၏ ရူးနှမ်းနှမ်း ပုံပြောင်းလုပ်ငန်းစဉ် စတင်ပြီ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 16 March 2026: The Myanmar military junta’s power grab entered its next phase today, as its generals and proxies convened their illegitimate “parliament” in Naypyitaw. It is the first such gathering since the junta’s fraudulent elections concluded in January. Over the next two weeks, dozens of
- [States Must Demand an Immediate End to the Junta’s Humiliating Fake Elections](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/01/states-must-demand-an-immediate-end-to-the-juntas-humiliating-fake-elections/) - နိုင်ငံတကာအစိုးရများသည် စစ်အုပ်စု၏ ရှက်ဖွယ် အတုအယောင်ရွေးကောက်ပွဲကို ချက်ချင်းအဆုံးသတ်ရန် ပြတ်ပြတ်သားသား တောင်းဆိုရမည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 10 January 2026: Undeterred by nationwide boycotts, dismal first round voter turnout and widespread reports of irregularities, the Myanmar military junta plans to proceed with the “second phase” of its fake elections on Sunday. The first phase, held on 28 December, was a humiliation for the
- [Briefing Paper: Myanmar's Way Forward](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/12/briefing-paper-myanmars-way-forward/) - မြန်မာ့ရှေ့သို့လားရာစာတမ်းအား မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ဖတ်ရှုလေ့လာနိုင်ပါသည်။ View the English language version of Myanmar's Way Forward 5 December 2025: Drawing on submissions from 25 key revolutionary stakeholders, including the National Unity Government (NUG), the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC), Ethnic Resistance Organisations (EROs), State/Federal Units and Ethnic Councils and Civil Society Organisations, this paper explores numerous initiatives that make
- [SAC-M’s New Briefing Paper: Myanmar’s Way Forward](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/12/sac-ms-new-briefing-paper-myanmars-way-forward/) - 5 December 2025: Myanmar’s revolutionary stakeholders require urgent international support to advance their shared vision for a genuine and inclusive federal democracy, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) says in a new briefing paper published today. Drawing on submissions from 25 key revolutionary stakeholders, including the National Unity Government (NUG), the National Unity Consultative
- [Yanghee Lee: Address to the Diplo Human Rights Working Group and the  UNCT Human Rights Theme Group](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/12/yanghee-lee-address-to-the-diplo-human-rights-working-group-and-the-unct-human-rights-theme-group/) - Yanghee Lee delivered the following address online at a hybrid discussion with the representatives of the diplo Human Rights Working Group and the UN Myanmar Country Team Human Rights Theme Group to mark International Human Rights Day 2025 on 10 December. "Good afternoon, It is a pleasure to join you today in marking International
- [Yanghee Lee: Chulalongkorn University International Human Rights Day 2025 Keynote](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/12/yanghee-lee-chulalongkorn-university-international-human-rights-day-2025-keynote/) - Monday, 8 December 2025 Yanghee Lee delivered the following keynote address at a public seminar to mark Human Rights Day 2025 at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. The theme of the seminar was "Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials: Putting People Back at the Center of Myanmar’s Future”. "Good afternoon, It is
- [Ben Lee: Junta sham elections will deliver more suffering, bloodshed—Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/11/ben-lee-junta-sham-elections-will-deliver-more-suffering-bloodshed-video/) - Ben Lee, Executive Director of SAC-M, speaks to Al Jazeera English about escalating junta violence and repression against civilians in Myanmar ahead of the junta's planned sham elections, slated to begin on 28 December 2025, and how the international community must respond. https://youtu.be/MESfSFAQAS4?si=M-WQRmOS3yA7lmQX
- [De Lima Joins Former Foreign Ministers in SAC-M Push on ASEAN](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/10/de-lima-joins-former-foreign-ministers-in-sac-m-push-on-asean/) - ASEAN အပေါ် SAC-M ၏ တွန်းအားပေးမှုတွင် De Lima သည် နိုင်ငံခြားရေးဝန်ကြီးဟောင်းများနှင့် ပူးပေါင်း မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 15 October 2025: Pressure is building on ASEAN to categorically reject the Myanmar military junta’s planned sham elections and to launch a total strategic reset on Myanmar. Yesterday, Leila de Lima, former Secretary of Justice of the Philippines, joined two former foreign ministers
- [ASEAN’s Last Chance on Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/10/aseans-last-chance-on-myanmar/) - မြန်မာ့အရေးအတွက် အာဆီယံ၏ နောက်ဆုံးအခွင့်အရေး မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ This statement is issued by Dato’ Sri Saifuddin Abdullah, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia and current member of the House of Representatives of Malaysia; Khun Kasit Piromya, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand; Leila M. de Lima, former Secretary of the Department of Justice of the Philippines,
- [Saifuddin Abdullah: ASEAN Must Reject Junta's Planned Sham Election—Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/10/saifuddin-abdullah-asean-must-reject-juntas-planned-sham-election-video/) - Dato’ Sri Saifuddin Abdullah delivers a strong intervention in the Malaysian Parliament urging ASEAN to reject the junta's planned sham election, quoting directly from the statement he issued jointly with SAC-M and two other ASEAN Statespeople on 14 October 2025. Address in English. https://youtube.com/shorts/4xBLiLSPuhM?si=Pk470zxz_U_Zd2OH
- [8 Long Years of Gross Injustice: Remembering the Rohingya Genocide](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/08/8-long-years-of-gross-injustice-remembering-the-rohingya-genocide/) - ရိုဟင်ဂျာလူမျိုးသုဉ်းသတ်ဖြတ်မှုကို ပြန်လည်အောက်မေ့သတိရခြင်း - ဆိုးရွားပြင်းထန်သော ရာဇဝတ်မှုကြီး (၈) နှစ်ပြည့်ပြီ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 24 August 2025: Eight years ago, on 25 August 2017, the Myanmar military launched a brutal campaign of genocidal violence against the Rohingya population in northern Rakhine State. Thousands of Rohingya civilians were killed in a systematic campaign of arson, rape, torture and ethnic cleansing carried
- [SAC-M Reset Series: Resetting the Myanmar Economy](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/08/sac-m-reset-series-resetting-the-myanmar-economy-2/) - 6 August 2025: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) today published a new short paper titled Resetting the Myanmar Economy — the first release in its Reset Series. Produced in partnership with esteemed Myanmar economist Dr. Sean Turnell, the paper distils the key messages of SAC-M’s recent briefing paper, The Military, Money and Myanmar: Breaking the Nexus, which
- [SAC-M Reset Series: Resetting the Myanmar Economy](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/08/sac-m-reset-series-resetting-the-myanmar-economy/) - View the English language version of Resetting the Myanmar Economy 6 August 2025: Resetting the Myanmar Economy, the first release in SAC-M's Reset series, was produced in partnership with esteemed Myanmar economist Dr. Sean Turnell. The paper distils the key messages of SAC-M’s recent briefing paper, The Military, Money and Myanmar: Breaking the Nexus,
- [New SAC-M Report: China’s Support for the Myanmar Military’s Production of Aerial Bombs](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/07/new-sac-m-report-chinas-support-for-the-myanmar-militarys-production-of-aerial-bombs/) - SAC-M အစီရင်ခံစာသစ် - မြန်မာစစ်တပ်၏ လေကြောင်းဗုံးထုတ်လုပ်ရေးအပေါ် တရုတ်နိုင်ငံ၏ ပံ့ပိုးကူညီမှု မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 16 July 2025: A new Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) investigation exposes how a Chinese state-owned company is enabling the Myanmar military to manufacture aerial bombs at a secretive weapons factory in central Myanmar. The aerial bombs produced at the Defence Industry 21 (DI 21)
- [Rohingya and Other Myanmar Minorities Reclaim the Human Rights Council’s Attention](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/07/rohingya-other-myanmar-minorities-reclaim-human-rights-councils-attention/) - ရိုဟင်ဂျာနှင့် အခြားမြန်မာလူနည်းစုများက လူ့အခွင့်အရေးကောင်စီ၏ အာရုံစိုက်မှုကို ပြန်လည်ရယူနိုင်ခဲ့ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 7 July 2025: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) welcomes the Human Rights Council’s adoption of its latest resolution on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Adopted without a vote, the resolution ratchets up pressure on the military junta. SAC-M
- [Factory of Death: China’s Support for the Myanmar Military’s Production of Aerial Bombs](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/07/factory-of-death-chinas-support-for-the-myanmar-militarys-production-of-aerial-bombs/) - View the English language version of Factory of Death: China’s Support for the Myanmar Military’s Production of Aerial Bombs 16 July 2025: This report looks at one factory, DI 21, as a case study of the Myanmar military’s defence industry and its current and ongoing role in enabling the aerial bombardment – many of which
- [One Month After a Myanmar School Massacre, UN Experts Should Slam the International Community’s Inaction and Demand the Protection of Myanmar’s Children](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/06/one-month-myanmar-school-massacre-children/) - မြန်မာစာသင်ကျောင်း အစုလိုက်အပြုံလိုက်သတ်ဖြတ်မှု တစ်လအကြာတွင်၊ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ ကျွမ်းကျင်သူများက နိုင်ငံတကာအသိုင်းအဝိုင်း၏ လုပ်ဆောင်ရန်ပျက်ကွက်မှုအပေါ် ပြင်းထန်စွာ ရှုတ်ချပြီး မြန်မာကလေးသူငယ်များအား ကာကွယ်ပေးရန် တောင်းဆိုသင့်သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 12 June 2025: Today marks one month since the Myanmar military junta’s horrific airstrike on a school in Depayin Township of Sagaing Region. On 12 May 2025, at least 22 children, some as young as seven, and two teachers were killed
- [New SAC-M Briefing Paper: Breaking Myanmar’s Military-Money Nexus by Sean Turnell](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/02/myanmars-military-money-nexus-sean-turnell/) - ရှင်းလင်းချက်စာတမ်းတိုအသစ် - မြန်မာ့စစ်တပ်-ငွေကြေးဆက်နွယ်မှုအား ဖြတ်တောက်ခြင်း။ ရှောင်တာနယ်လ် ရေးသားသည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 11 February 2025: The Myanmar military’s stranglehold on Myanmar’s economy must be broken, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). A briefing paper written by esteemed economist Sean Turnell, published today by SAC-M, outlines the process for de-militarising Myanmar’s public finances. It also proposes immediate
- [The Military, Money, and Myanmar: Breaking the Nexus by Sean Turnell](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/02/military-money-myanmar-nexus-sean-turnell/) - စစ်တပ်၊ ငွေကြေးနှင့် မြန်မာ - ဆက်နွယ်မှုကိုဖြတ်တောက်ခြင်း ရှင်းလင်းချက်စာတမ်းအား မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ဒေါင်းလုဒ်ရယူနိုင်ပါသည်။ စာတမ်းအပြည့်အစုံအား ဖတ်ရှုရန်အတွက် ဤနေရာသို့နှိပ်ပါ။ View the English language version of The Military, Money, and Myanmar: Breaking the Nexus 11 February 2025: This SAC-M briefing paper, written by esteemed economist Sean Turnell, outlines why the Myanmar military's stranglehold on Myanmar's economy must be broken and how it can be
- [ASEAN Fails Myanmar Dismally — Again](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/05/asean-fails-myanmar-again/) - အာဆီယံသည် မြန်မာပြည်သူများအား ထပ်မံ၍ စိတ်ပျက်ဖွယ်ရာဖြစ်အောင် ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့ပြန်ပြီ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 29 May 2025: ASEAN has again failed the people of Myanmar, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The 46th ASEAN Summit was another wasted opportunity to take meaningful action on Myanmar. ASEAN leaders once again failed to move beyond platitudes, compounding four years of failure by
- [Prime Minister Anwar Must Champion a New ASEAN Process on Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/05/anwar-champion-new-asean-process-myanmar/) - မြန်မာ့အရေး အာဆီယံလုပ်ငန်းစဉ်သစ်တစ်ရပ်ကို ဝန်ကြီးချုပ် အန်ဝါ ဦးစီးဦးဆောင်ပြုရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ This statement is issued by Dato' Sri Saifuddin Abdullah, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, and three former UN experts on Myanmar who are founding members of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) 19 May 2025: We welcome Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s meeting with National
- [China’s Intervention Behind the Junta’s Shameful Reoccupation of Lashio From the MNDAA](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/05/china-intervention-junta-lashio-mndaa/) - လားရှိုးမြို့အား MNDAA ထံမှ စစ်အုပ်စု၏ ရှက်ဖွယ်ကောင်းသော ပြန်လည်သိမ်းယူမှုနှင့် ၎င်းနောက်ကွယ်မှ တရုတ်၏ ကြားဝင်စွက်ဖက်မှု မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 5 May 2025: China’s intervention in Myanmar’s northern Shan State shows that it continues to put its own interests first, at the expense of genuine peace and stability for the Myanmar people, despite its repeated claims of a non-interference policy. On 23 March 2025,
- [Massacre of Myanmar Children Continues: China Can Stop the Junta's Atrocities](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/05/massacre-myanmar-children-china-junta-atrocities/) - မြန်မာ့ကလေးငယ်များအပေါ် အစုလိုက်အပြုံလိုက်သတ်ဖြတ်မှုများ ဆက်လက်ဖြစ်ပွားနေဆဲ -စစ်အုပ်စု၏ရက်စက်မှုများအား တရုတ်နိုင်ငံကတားဆီးနိုင် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 15 May 2025: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) is deeply shocked and appalled by the horrific Myanmar military junta airstrikes which killed 22 children in Depayin Township on Monday. SAC-M calls on China to use its significant influence over the junta to immediately halt its barbaric
- [SAC-M: China has adopted a policy of open interference in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/05/china-interference-policy-myanmar/) - SAC-M's Connor Macdonald speaks to DVB Special Advisory Council for Myanmar on China’s ceasefire 7 May 2025 The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) spoke to DVB about China’s intervention in northern Shan State and its pressure on the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) to hand back Lashio Township to the regime. It claimed
- [SAC-M: Myanmar military on the defensive all over the country](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/10/myanmar-military-defensive-country/) - SAC-M's Isabel Todd and Connor Macdonald quoted in the Associated Press Resistance forces push military regime close to brink in Myanmar By David Rising 28 October 2024 BANGKOK: Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime’s military with rapid gains of huge
- [Relentless Junta Onslaught Demands Immediate Justice](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/04/relentless-junta-onslaught-immediate-justice/) - စစ်အုပ်စု၏ ရက်စက်ကြမ်းကြုတ်လှသည့် မရပ်မနားတိုက်ခိုက်မှုများအတွက် ချက်ချင်း တရားမျှတမှုရရှိရန်လိုအပ်ကြောင်း တောင်းဆိုသည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 28 April 2025: Today marks one month since the devastating Sagaing earthquakes struck Myanmar, killing at least 3,700 people, injuring close to 5,000, pushing 4.3 million people into urgent need overnight, and levelling homes and critical infrastructure. This tragedy compounded an underlying catastrophe – a military junta
- [How the International Community Can Support Resistance-led Nation Building in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/03/how-the-international-community-can-support-resistance-led-nation-building-in-myanmar/) - SAC-M held a media briefing on 6 March 2025 at the United Nation's Palais des Nations in Geneva. SAC-M attended the second week of the UN Human Rights Council's 58th session in Geneva, from 3-7 March, where it met with key political delegations and senior officials to bring attention to the situation on the ground
- [Chris Sidoti: ICC expected to issue arrest warrant for junta leader Min Aung Hlaing—video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/11/chris-sidoti-icc-arrest-warrant-junta-leader-min-aung-hlaing/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to ABC News Australia's The World program about the ICC Prosecutor's 28 November application for an arrest warrant for Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing for the crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya in 2017.
- [Chris Sidoti: 'Every catastrophe is an opportunity for the Myanmar military'—video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/04/chris-sidoti-catastrophe-myanmar-military/) - SAC-M's Chris Sidoti speaks to ABC News Australia's Weekend Breakfast program about the Myanmar military's long history of exploiting natural disasters for its own strategic advantage and to penalise those that oppose it.
- [Yanghee Lee: 'No more compromises with the military' — video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/04/yanghee-lee-no-more-compromises-military/) - Speaking to BBC World Service, Yanghee Lee urges all countries assisting with earthquake relief in Myanmar, as well as the UN Country Team, to work with all Myanmar stakeholders, including the NUG and ethnic organisations, to deliver aid to all people in dire need.
- [Yanghee Lee: Myanmar's junta will not deliver earthquake relief to resistance areas — video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/03/yanghee-lee-myanmars-junta-will-not-deliver-earthquake-relief-to-resistance-areas-video/) - Yanghee Lee speaks to CNN on the unfolding emergency response to the devastating Sagaing earthquakes that struck Myanmar on 28 March 2025 and how the international community must ensure aid is delivered to all of those affected.
- [Chris Sidoti: Myanmar military is obstructing earthquake relief effort - video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/04/chris-sidoti-myanmar-military-is-obstructing-earthquake-relief-effort-video/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to BBC World Service about the challenges of dealing with the Myanmar military in a disaster situation and lists the key priorities for the international community to ensure earthquake aid and relief is delivered to all of those in need.
- [SAC-M: One way or another, at some point the junta will collapse](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/10/time-junta-collapse/) - Yanghee Lee and Chris Sidoti speak to Time magazine How Myanmar’s Civil War Could Actually End By Koh Ewe 31 October 2024 The end may not be near, but the end is clear—according to those who have kept a close eye on Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, since a military coup toppled its civilian government in
- [SAC-M: US 'Pivot Away' from Myanmar Opens Door For China](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/03/us-pivot-myanmar-china/) - Anadolu Agency's coverage of SAC-M's 6 March media briefing at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva. US 'pivot away' from Myanmar opens door for China's expanding influence: Special Advisory Council 'There seems to be a pivot away from Myanmar, which in essence will be surrendering Myanmar to China, and China will step in to build
- [BIMSTEC Summit: SAC-M Correspondence to Dr Muhammad Yunus, Honourable Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/04/bimstec-muhammad-yunus-bangladesh/) - 16 April 2025: SAC-M wrote to Dr Muhammad Yunus, the Honourable Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, questioning Bangladesh’s failure to formally protest and object to Myanmar junta leader and alleged war criminal Min Aung Hlaing’s participation at the 6th BIMSTEC Summit held in Thailand earlier this month. The Prosecutor of the International
- [Myanmar Back in the Human Rights Council’s Spotlight](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/04/myanmar-human-rights-councils-spotlight/) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသည် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးကောင်စီ၏ အာရုံစိုက်မှုအောက်သို့ ပြန်လည်ရောက်ရှိလာသည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 8 April 2025: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) welcomes the renewed international attention given to Myanmar at the UN Human Rights Council’s 58th session, which concluded in Geneva on Friday. SAC-M attended HRC58’s second week, 3-7 March, meeting with key political delegations and senior officials to bring
- [UN Security Council Must Enforce Myanmar Junta Ceasefire and Mandate Urgent Humanitarian Response to Earthquake](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/04/security-council-junta-ceasefire-urgent-humanitarian-earthquake/) - ကုလသမဂ္ဂလုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီသည် မြန်မာစစ်အုပ်စုမှ အပစ်အခတ်ရပ်စဲရေးသက်ရောက်မှုရှိစေရန် လိုက်နာဆောင်ရွက်ရမည်ဖြစ်ပြီး ငလျင်အတွက် အရေးပေါ် လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားခြင်းဆိုင်ရာတုံ့ပြန်မှုရှိစေရေး လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်ချမှတ်အပ်နှင်းရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 4 April 2025: The United Nations (UN) Security Council must urgently impose a compulsory humanitarian ceasefire on the Myanmar military junta and mandate an immediate, large-scale humanitarian response to the unfolding catastrophe in Myanmar following last week’s earthquake, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar
- [SAC-M Joins Calls for Urgent International Assistance To Myanmar and Thailand Following Devastating Earthquakes](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/03/myanmar-thailand-earthquakes/) - ကြီးမားဆိုးရွားလှသောငလျင်များလှုပ်ခတ်ပြီးနောက် မြန်မာနှင့် ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံများအတွက် အရေးပေါ် နိုင်ငံတကာအကူအညီများပေးရန် တောင်းဆိုမှုများတွင် SAC-M ပူးပေါင်းပါဝင်လိုက်သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 28 March 2025: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) joins the National Unity Government and Myanmar civil society in expressing its deep shock at the twin earthquakes that devastated parts of Myanmar and Thailand today. We share the grave fears held for communities in
- [SAC-M Continues to Urge a Rapid International Response to Myanmar Earthquakes in Media Interviews and Correspondence to Key Officials](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/04/sac-m-continues-to-urge-a-rapid-international-response-to-myanmar-earthquakes-in-media-interviews-and-correspondence-to-key-officials/) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံငလျင်များအတွက် မြန်ဆန်သော နိုင်ငံတကာတုံ့ပြန်မှုပေးရန်အလို့ငှာ မီဒီယာတွေ့ဆုံမေးမြန်းမှုများနှင့်အခရာကျသည့်အရာရှိများထံ စာပေးပို့ဆက်သွယ်မှုများမှတဆင့် SAC-M မှ ဆက်လက်တိုက်တွန်းလိုက်သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 2 April 2025: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) continues to urge an immediate and coordinated international response to the devastating twin earthquakes that struck Myanmar and Thailand last Friday. The situation in Myanmar is catastrophic. Thousands of people are feared dead, thousands more
- [ARREST OF FORMER PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE A GAME-CHANGING MOMENT](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/03/arrest-duterte-game-changing-moment/) - ဖိလစ်ပိုင်သမ္မတဟောင်း ရိုဒရီဂိုဒူတာတေးအား ဖမ်းဆီးမှုသည် အလှည့်အပြောင်းဖြစ်စေသော အခိုက်အတန့်ပင်ဖြစ်သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 12 March 2025: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) lauds the Philippine Government’s swift enforcement of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant for former President Rodrigo Duterte for the alleged crime against humanity of murder. Mr Duterte was arrested by Philippine authorities on 11 March 2025
- [Junta-Controlled Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Dissolved: SAC-M Welcomes NUG Decision](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/02/mnhrc-nug-junta-myanmar-disolved/) - စစ်အုပ်စုထိန်းချုပ်ထားသော မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအမျိုးသားလူ့အခွင့်အရေးကော်မရှင်အား ဖျက်သိမ်းခြင်း - SAC-M မှ NUG၏ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်ကို ကြိုဆိုလိုက်သည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 18 February 2025: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) welcomes the decision of Myanmar’s legitimate National Unity Government (NUG) to dissolve the junta-controlled Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC). SAC-M urges the NUG to establish a new, impartial and independent National Human
- [States Must Enforce Historic Arrest Warrants for Myanmar Officials Issued by Argentine Court](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/02/historic-arrest-warrants-myanmar-argentine-court/) - မြန်မာအရာရှိအမှုဆောင်များအပေါ် အာဂျင်တီးနားတရားရုံးမှ ထုတ်ပြန်ထားသော သမိုင်းဝင် ဖမ်းဝရမ်းများကို အဖွဲ့၀င်နိုင်ငံများက သက်ရောက်မှုရှိစေရန် လိုက်နာဆောင်ရွက်ရမည်ဖြစ်သည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 20 February 2025: States must enforce international arrest warrants issued by an Argentine court for 25 persons in senior military and government positions in Myanmar in 2017 for their alleged roles in genocide and crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya, says the Special Advisory
- [Myanmar's Resistance-Led Nation-Building Has Begun: The International Community Must Fully Support](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/01/myanmar-resistance-nation-building-international-community-support/) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ခုခံတော်လှန်ရေးဦးဆောင်သော နိုင်ငံတည်ဆောက်ရေးလုပ်ငန်းစဉ် စတင်ပြီဖြစ်သည် - နိုင်ငံတကာအသိုင်းအဝိုင်းမှ အပြည့်အဝ ထောက်ခံရမည်ပင်ဖြစ်သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 29 January 2025: As the Myanmar military crumbles, the international community must take urgent action to protect civilians from grave military atrocities and support the resistance-led nation-building effort already underway in Myanmar, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The people’s revolution that
- [မရဏစီးပွားရေး - မြန်မာစစ်တပ်၏လက်နက်ထုတ်လုပ်မှုအား အထောက်အပံ့ပေးခြင်း။](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/01/kapasa-burmese/) - ဤအစီရင်ခံစာကို မူလက ၂၀၂၃ ခုနှစ်၊ ဇန်နဝါရီလ ၁၆ ရက်နေ့တွင် အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ဝေခဲ့သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာပြန်ကို ၂၀၂၅ ခုနှစ်၊ ဇန်နဝါရီလ ၈ ရက်နေ့တွင် ထုတ်ဝေသည်။ [အစီရင်ခံစာကို ဖတ်ရှုပါ] (အစီရင်ခံစာကို ဤစာကြောင်းမှတဆင့် ချိတ်ဆက်ထားပါမည်) အစီရင်ခံစာအကျဉ်းချုပ် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလတွင် စစ်တပ်ကအာဏာသိမ်းရန်ကြိုးပမ်းမှုအပြီး၊ မြန်မာစစ်တပ်သည် ငြိမ်းချမ်းစွာ ဆန္ဒပြမှုများနှင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင်တိုးပွားလာသော အာဏာသိမ်းမှုကိုဆန့်ကျင်သည့် လက်နက်ကိုင်ခုခံတော်လှန်မှုများကိုတုံ့ပြန်ရန်အတွက် summary execution (တရားလက်လွတ် ကွပ်မျက်ခြင်း၊) အစုလိုက်အပြုံလိုက်သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်းနှင့် အခြားသောလူ့အခွင့်အရေးဆိုင်ရာ ရက်စက်ကြမ်းကြုတ်မှုများကို ကျူးလွန်ရန် စုစည်းသိမ်းဆည်းထားသောလက်နက်များကို အားကိုးအားထားပြုခဲ့သည်။ ထိုကဲ့သို့သော လူ့အခွင့်အရေးချိုးဖောက်မှုများနှင့်စပ်လျဉ်း၍ မျက်မြင်သက်သေများ၏ထွက်ဆိုချက်များနှင့် ဗီဒီယိုနှင့် ဓာတ်ပုံအထောက်အထားများကို ခွဲခြမ်းစိတ်ဖြာခြင်းအရ လုံခြုံရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့များသည် ပြည်တွင်း၌ထုတ်လုပ်သော လက်နက်ငယ်များဖြင့် လက်နက်ကိုင်ဆောင်ထားကြောင်း ပြသနေသည်၊ ၎င်းတို့တွင် စနိုက်ပါရိုင်ဖယ်များ၊
- [Arrest Warrant Application for Min Aung Hlaing Welcome Step Closer to Justice](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/11/arrest-warrant-application-min-aung-hlaing-justice/) - တရားမျှတမှုဆီသို့ ခြေလှမ်းနီးကပ်လာစေရန်အတွက် မင်းအောင်လှိုင်အား ဖမ်းဝရမ်းလျှောက်ထားမှုကို ကြိုဆိုလိုက်သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 28 November 2024: The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) must issue an arrest warrant for Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar military, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, in response to the application filed yesterday by the Office of the Prosecutor, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar
- [International Cross-Border Response to Typhoon Yagi Urgently Needed](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/09/international-cross-border-response-typhoon-yagi/) - တိုင်ဖွန်း ရာဂီအား နိုင်ငံတကာ နယ်စပ်ဖြတ်ကျော် တုန့်ပြန်ဆောင်ရွက်မှုဖြင့် အရေးပေါ် ဖြေရှင်းရန် လိုအပ်သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 17 September 2024: States neighbouring Myanmar must drop the politics and open their borders to allow international humanitarian aid to reach the Myanmar people through resistance authority and civil society networks, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). Typhoon Yagi hit
- [Arakan Army Must Facilitate Access for International Aid, Monitors and Investigators to Northern Rakhine State](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/08/arakan-army-must-facilitate-access-for-international-aid-monitors-and-investigators-to-northern-rakhine-state/) - ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော်သည် ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်မြောက်ပိုင်းသို့ နိုင်ငံတကာအကူအညီများ၊ စောင့်ကြည့်သူများနှင့် စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးသူများ လွယ်ကူချောမွေ့စွာ ဝင်ရောက်နိုင်စေရေးအတွက် ဖြစ်မြောက်အောင် ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးရမည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 19 August 2024: The Arakan Army (AA) must ensure the protection of civilians in northern Rakhine state and uphold its obligations under international humanitarian law, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). An attack on Rohingya men, women and children on 5
- [Briefing Paper: Effective Control in Myanmar 2024 Update](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/05/briefing-paper-effective-control-in-myanmar-2024-update/) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ထိရောက်သောထိန်းချုပ်မှု ၂၀၂၄ ခုနှစ်၊​ နောက်ဆုံးအခြေအနေအား ဖော်ပြထားသော ရှင်းလင်းချက်စာတမ်းအသစ်အား မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် download ရယူဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ စာတမ်းအပြည့်အစုံအား ဖတ်ရှုရန်အတွက် ဤနေရာသို့ နှိပ်ပါ။ Click here to view the English language version of Effective Control in Myanmar 2024 Update 30 May 2024: This briefing paper presents a picture of the dynamics of contestation and control across all of Myanmar more than three years since the beginning
- [New SAC-M Briefing Paper: Effective Control in Myanmar 2024 Update](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/05/sac-m-briefing-paper-effective-control-myanmar-2024-update/) - ရှင်းလင်းချက်စာတမ်းအသစ် - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ထိရောက်သောထိန်းချုပ်မှု ၂၀၂၄ ခုနှစ်၊​ နောက်ဆုံးအခြေအနေ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 30 May 2024: The trajectory of the conflict in Myanmar has accelerated rapidly in favour of the country’s resistance actors, finds a new briefing paper published by the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) today. The junta is not the de facto government of Myanmar
- [US Gov’t and UN Member States Must Provide Direct Support to Myanmar’s Resistance Actors Now](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/06/us-and-un-must-provide-direct-support-to-myanmars-resistance-actors-now/) - အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စုအစိုးရနှင့် ကုလသမဂ္ဂအဖွဲ့ဝင်နိုင်ငံများအနေနှင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ခုခံတော်လှန်ရေးအင်အားစုများအား ယခုချက်ချင်း တိုက်ရိုက် ကူညီထောက်ပံ့ပေးရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 13 June 2024: The United States (US) Government and United Nations (UN) member States must respond to rapidly evolving dynamics on the ground in Myanmar by providing material and political support to the country’s many resistance actors and taking action to protect civilians from escalating
- [SAC-M Expresses Serious Concern Over Risk of Grave Violations in Maungdaw and Calls on All Armed Actors to Ensure Protection of Civilians](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/06/sac-m-serious-concern-risk-grave-violations-rohingya-maungdaw-armed-actors-ensure-protection-civilians/) - SAC-M သည် မောင်တောတွင် ကြီးမားပြင်းထန်သော ချိုးဖောက်မှုများ ဖြစ်ပေါ်နိုင်ခြင်းအပေါ် စိုးရိမ်ပူပန်ကြောင်း ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာခြင်းနှင့် လက်နက်ကိုင်အဖွဲ့အားလုံးကို ပြည်သူများ၏ လုံခြုံရေးကို အာမခံရန် တိုက်တွန်းကြောင်း ပြောကြားလိုက်သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 18 June 2024: SAC-M is seriously concerned over the impact on civilians of armed conflict in Maungdaw township, northern Rakhine state, after the United League of Arakan / Arakha Army (AA) issued an advanced notice and emergency announcement
- [ASEAN and UN Must Wake Up and Respond to New Realities in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/06/asean-un-must-wake-up-respond-new-realities-myanmar/) - အာဆီယံနှင့် ကုလသမဂ္ဂတို့သည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအတွင်းဖြစ်ပေါ်နေသည့် အသစ်သစ်သော အခြေအနေအရှိတရားများအား သတိပြုသိရှိလာကာ တုံ့ပြန်ဆောင်ရွက်ရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အား အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 21 June 2024: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must find creative ways to build on its Five-Point Consensus (5PC), and the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council must ensure that its upcoming resolution on the rights of Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar
- [Crisis in Rakhine: UN Human Rights Council Must Convene Urgent Special Session on Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/05/crisis-rakhine-un-human-rights-council-urgent-special-session-myanmar/) - ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်အကျပ်အတည်း။ ။ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးကောင်စီက မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအတွက် အရေးပေါ် အထူးအစည်းအဝေးကို မဖြစ်မနေကျင်းပရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 19 May 2024: The Rohingya people in western Myanmar are again at risk of genocide. The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council must address this risk and the worsening human rights emergency in Myanmar generally, by convening an urgent special session, says the Special Advisory Council for
- [Member States Must Follow-Up Strengthened UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Myanmar With Concrete Action](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/04/member-states-un-human-rights-council-resolution-myanmar-action/) - ခိုင်မာစေလိုက်သည့် ကုလသမဂ္ဂလူ့အခွင့်အရေးကောင်စီ၏ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဆိုင်ရာ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်ကို အဖွဲ့၀င်နိုင်ငံများအနေနှင့် တိကျခိုင်မာသော ဆောင်ရွက်ချက်ဖြင့် မလွဲမသွေ ဆက်လက်ဆောင်ရွက်ရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 5 April 2024: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) welcomes the adoption of a strengthened United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. It is imperative that UN member States now respond to the gravity
- [Briefing Paper: Establishing an International Criminal Tribunal for Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/12/briefing-paper-international-criminal-tribunal-myanmar/) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအတွက် နိုင်ငံတကာရာဇဝတ်ခုံရုံးတစ်ခု တည်ထောင်ခြင်း စာတမ်းနှင့် စာတမ်းအနှစ်ချုပ်အား မြန်မာဘာသာစကားဖြင့် download ရယူ ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ Summary Download the full briefing paper: Establishing an International Criminal Tribunal for Myanmar စာတမ်းအပြည့်အစုံ (မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်): Establishing an International Criminal Tribunal for Myanmar_BURMESE Download the English language summary: SAC-M Summary Tribunal for Myanmar ENGLISH စာတမ်းအနှစ်ချုပ် (မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်): SAC-M Summary Tribunal for Myanmar_BURMESE The international community must do
- [SAC-M Report: How the UN Is Failing Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/10/sac-m-report-un-failing-myanmar/) - ကုလသမဂ္ဂသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအရေးမှာ မည်ကဲ့သို့ ပျက်ကွက်နေသနည်း။ စာတမ်းနှင့် စာတမ်းအနှစ်ချုပ်အား မြန်မာဘာသာစကားဖြင့် download ရယူ ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ Download the full report: How the UN is Failing Myanmar စာတမ်းအပြည့်အစုံ (မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်): How the UN is Failing Myanmar BURMESE Download English language summary: SAC-M Summary UN Myanmar ENGLISH စာတမ်းအနှစ်ချုပ် (မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့်): SAC-M Summary UN Myanmar BURMESE Download English language key points: SAC-M Key Points UN Myanmar
- [UN Human Rights Council: Expedite Accountability and Support the Myanmar People's Efforts to Establish Federal Democracy](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/03/un-human-rights-council-expedite-accountability-support-myanmar-peoples-federal-democracy/) - ကုလသမဂ္ဂလူ့အခွင့်အရေးကောင်စီ အနေဖြင့် တာဝန်ခံမှုအရှိန်မြှင့်ပြီး၊ ဖက်ဒရယ်ဒီမိုကရေစီ ထူထောင်ရေးအတွက် မြန်မာလူထု၏ ကြိုးပမ်းမှုများကို ထောက်ခံအားပေးပါ။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 15 March 2024: The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council must respond to the gravity of the escalating crisis in Myanmar. It must urgently provide effective support for the Myanmar people's efforts to establish federal democracy, including by holding the military accountable, says the
- [Isabel Todd: Escalating junta violence causing regional refugee crisis. The international community must respond - Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/02/isabel-todd-myanmar-junta-violence-causing-regional-refugee-crisis-video/) - Isabel Todd, Coordinator at SAC-M, speaks with the DW news program about the international community's failure to respond to escalating junta violence against civilians in Myanmar and the resulting mass displacement of civilians destabilising the region.
- [Forced Conscription: The Junta’s Depraved Attack on Myanmar’s Future](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/02/forced-conscription/) - 20 February 2024: Comments from SAC-M’s founding members in response to the Myanmar military’s decision to enforce the 2010 conscription law: Marzuki Darusman: "Myanmar’s youth have been abandoned to wage a three-year long struggle alone against military tyranny in pursuit of a Myanmar built on peace, justice and human rights. If the UN and ASEAN
- [Toothless UN Security Council Response to Myanmar Junta Violence Not Enough](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/02/toothless-un-security-council-response-to-myanmar-junta-violence-not-enough/) - 7 February 2024: Comments from SAC-M’s founding members in response to the joint statement issued by nine members of the United Nations Security Council ahead of a closed-door Council meeting on the situation in Myanmar on Monday, 5 February 2024: Yanghee Lee: “The UN Security Council has abjectly failed to enforce its Resolution 2669 (December
- [Three Years of Myanmar Revolution: Time to Stand on the Right Side of History](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2024/02/three-years-of-myanmar-revolution-time-to-stand-on-the-right-side-of-history/) - 1 February 2024: The international community must formally recognise Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) and establish a special tribunal to prosecute the military for the commission of international crimes, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). SAC-M hosted an online panel discussion “Emerging Realities in Myanmar: What Can the International Community Do?” to mark
- [SAC-M: UN must end its failed approach in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/10/sac-m-un-must-end-its-failed-approach-in-myanmar/) - Myanmar Now covers SAC-M's 3 October report: How the UN Is Failing Myanmar UN must end its ‘failed approach’ in Myanmar, report says Criticising the UN’s Myanmar Country Team for accepting the junta as ‘de facto authorities,’ international experts urge direct coordination with the publicly mandated government, ethnic governance bodies and other resistance groups to
- [Chris Sidoti: Australia should deny entry visas to crony-owned Myanmar football team](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/10/chris-sidoti-australia-should-deny-entry-visas-to-crony-owned-myanmar-football-team/) - Chris Sidoti in ABC news Australia. Australian A-League team criticised for playing soccer game in war-torn Myanmar during AFC Cup By Erin Handley 6 October 2023 An Australian A-League team has been criticised for playing a football match in war-torn Myanmar against the government's official travel advice, with some observers calling the move
- [Time for an International Criminal Tribunal for Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/12/time-for-an-international-criminal-tribunal-myanmar/) - 8 December 2023: An international criminal tribunal for Myanmar can and must be urgently established, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). A briefing paper published today by SAC-M explains why, and identifies several ways in which such a tribunal could be created. Download the paper here: Establishing an International Criminal Tribunal for Myanmar
- [Chris Sidoti: US-imposed banking isolation of the junta biting hard](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/09/chris-sidoti-us-imposed-banking-isolation-of-the-junta-biting-hard/) - Chris Sidoti in the Sydney Morning Herald. Beer at gunpoint: Myanmar generals deal with local boycott Chris Barrett 15 September 2023 Myanmar’s military regime is reportedly threatening at gunpoint bar and shop owners who don’t stock a beer manufactured by its junta-owned company. The threats are designed to help soften the financial pain of
- [Yanghee Lee: ASEAN needs UN Security Council support to take action on Myanmar - Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/09/yanghee-lee-asean-needs-un-security-council-support-to-take-action-on-myanmar-video/) - Yanghee Lee speaks with Al Jazeera's news program about the need for ASEAN to request the UN Security Council to step in and take meaningful action to resolve the crisis in Myanmar.
- [SAC-M welcomes Australia’s decision to bar entry of crony-owned Myanmar football team](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/11/australias-bar-crony-football-team/) - 29 November 2023: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) congratulates the Australian Government for its decision to deny entry visas to the players and officials of Shan United football team, owned by Kun Naung Myint Wai - a crony with deep ties to the illegal Myanmar military junta. Kun Naung Myint Wai is also the
- [Yanghee Lee: International community needs to wake up to Myanmar junta’s ‘decades-old trick’ amid Aung San Suu Kyi sentence reduction](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/08/yanghee-lee-international-community-needs-to-wake-up-to-myanmar-juntas-decades-old-trick-amid-aung-san-suu-kyi-sentence-reduction/) - Yanghee Lee speaks to Channel News Asia. International community needs to wake up to Myanmar junta’s ‘decades-old trick’ amid Aung San Suu Kyi pardon: Former UN expert Dr Yanghee Lee, the former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, told CNA’s Asia Tonight on Tuesday (Aug 1) the move signals that the military-controlled government, led
- [Yanghee Lee: Partial reduction of Suu Kyi's sentence not an act of contrition by Myanmar's brutal generals - Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/08/yanghee-lee-partial-reduction-of-suu-kyis-sentence-not-an-act-of-contrition-by-myanmars-brutal-generals-video/) - Yanghee Lee speaks with Channel News Asia's news program about the political motives behind the junta's decision to partially reduce the sentence of Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been arbritralily detained by the junta since the beginning of the coup.
- [UN Member States Must Hold the Myanmar Military Junta Accountable for the Massacre of IDPs](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/10/junta-massacre-idps/) - 12 October 2023: United Nations (UN) member States must take decisive action to bring the Myanmar military junta to justice following the latest junta attack which killed at least 29 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Myanmar’s Kachin state on Monday, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The junta attack began without warning around
- [New SAC-M Report: How the UN Is Failing Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/10/report-un-failing-myanmar/) - 3 October 2023: The United Nations (UN) is failing Myanmar, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). UN member States and their inter-governmental forums are failing to act, the UN Country Team (UNCT) is pursuing the same failed approach of appeasing the military despite growing risks and ever-fewer results, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres has
- [Rohingya Genocide Victims and Survivors Need Justice](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/08/rohingya-genocide-victims-and-survivors-need-justice/) - 25 August 2023: Today, we commemorate the victims and survivors of the genocidal ‘clearance operations’ carried out against the Rohingya in Rakhine State by the Myanmar military on 25 August 2017. We also acknowledge the international community’s failure to fulfil its obligation to hold the Myanmar military accountable for the most serious crimes under international
- [SAC-M: Mottama Holdings identified as supplying the Myanmar military's weapon production](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/06/mottama-holdings-myanmar-military-weapons/) - SAC-M's 16 January KaPaSa report quoted by the Irrawaddy. Yang Ho: Myanmar Junta Arms Production’s Key Supplier 28 June 2023 Mottama Holdings has been involved in purchasing raw materials for the Myanmar military to produce weapons since the coup, said Tom Andrews, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, in
- [Rushed Efforts to Enforce Repatriation of Rohingya Are Recklessly Irresponsible](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/07/enforce-repatriation-rohingyas-irresponsible/) - 14 July 2023: The member States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council and broader international community must do far more to support the struggle for human rights and democracy in Myanmar if they are genuine about wanting to facilitate the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable repatriation of Rohingya refugees, says the Special Advisory
- [SAC-M: Junta weaponising delivery of aid to cyclone Mocha affected communities](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/06/sac-m-junta-weaponising-delivery-of-aid-to-cyclone-mocha-affected-communities/) - SAC-M appears in Foreign Policy Inside Myanmar’s Shadow Government in Washington Exiled officials are trying to keep the flame of democracy alive from afar. By Mary Yang and Robbie Gramer 19 June 2023 On the sixth floor of a nondescript office building on K Street in Washington, D.C., nestled between a Subway and a Starbucks, Moe
- [SAC-M: Myanmar junta’s steel industry aided by secretive Italian firm Danieli](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/06/myanmar-junta-steel-danieli/) - SAC-M quoted by Myanmar Now Myanmar junta’s steel industry aided by secretive Italian firm Danieli By Sally Kantar and Htoo Aung June 16, 2023 During a recent visit to a newly recommissioned military-controlled steel mill in Mandalay’s Myingyan Township, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing confirmed the long-suspected involvement of Italy’s Danieli Co., Ltd. in the regime’s
- [ASEAN Remiss in Failing to Censure the Military Junta](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/05/asean-remiss-in-failing-to-censure-the-military-junta/) - စစ်အုပ်စုကို ပြစ်တင်ဝေဖန်ရန် အာဆီယံ အနေဖြင့် တာဝန်ပျက်ကွက် နေသည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 11 May 2023: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders must identify the military junta as the primary source of violence in Myanmar and actively support international justice efforts if they are genuine about wanting to end the crisis and see perpetrators of alleged violations
- [Yanghee Lee: Foreign Companies found supplying Myanmar military arms production 'Just Tip of the Iceberg' - Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/01/yanghee-lee-foreign-companies-found-supplying-myanmar-military-arms-production-just-tip-of-the-iceberg-video/) - Yanghee Lee speaks to TRT's The Newsmakers program about the findings of SAC-M’s 16 January report, Fatal Business: Supplying the Myanmar Military’s Weapon Production, which identifies global firms supplying products to the Myanmar military essential for the sustained production of weapons in Myanmar.
- [Chris Sidoti: Australia should engage regional allies on coordinated Myanmar strategy - video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/02/chris-sidoti-australia-should-engage-regional-allies-on-coordinated-myanmar-strategy-video/) - Chris Sidoti speaks with ABC Australia's 7.30 program about the need for Australia to impose further sanctions on Myanmar's military junta.
- [Yanghee Lee: Myanmar military-produces weapons exclusively for internal suppression - video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/01/myanmar-military-weapons-internal-suppression/) - Yanghee Lee speaks with France 24 about the findings of SAC-M’s 16 January report, Fatal Business: Supplying the Myanmar Military’s Weapon Production, which identifies global firms supplying products to the Myanmar military essential for the sustained production of weapons in Myanmar.
- [SAC-M: Myanmar military no longer in effective control of the country](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/05/effective-control-myanmar/) - SAC-M Briefing Paper 'Effective Control in Myanmar' cited by Kim Jolliffe for the Diplomat. Myanmar’s Military Is No Longer in Effective Control of the Country The country’s neighbors continue to treat the military administration like a viable sovereign entity. They risk being left behind by events. By Kim Jolliffe 3 May 2023 The military junta
- [Chris Sidoti: International support for Myanmar must move beyond words and rhetoric](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/04/myanmar-international-support-myanmar-words-rhetoric/) - A Q&A with Chris Sidoti and Voice of America. Q&A: Ban Ki-moon’s Unannounced Myanmar Peace Trip Draws Questions By Ingyin Naing 27 April 2023 This week former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon went on an unannounced trip to Myanmar, where he met with the country’s military rulers and urged them to find a peaceful resolution
- [Chris Sidoti: 'The NUG is not in exile, or underground or in the shadows'](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/02/chris-sidoti-nug-exile-underground-shadows/) - Chris Sidoti quoted in Voice of America. International Media Grapples With Characterizing Myanmar Opposition Government By Ingyin Naing 10 February 2023 Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government recently raised the argument that it has been mischaracterized by the international news media. Kyaw Zaw, a spokesperson for the NUG president’s office told VOA Wednesday in a statement
- [ASEAN Act Now: Protect the Myanmar People From Atrocities by the Military Junta](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/04/un-asean-myanmar-junta-atrocities/) - 12 April 2023: The international community must take immediate action against the illegal military junta to protect the Myanmar people from escalating junta atrocities and bring its leaders to justice following Tuesday’s shocking airstrikes against civilians, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). At least 100 people, including children, were killed and dozens injured
- [SAC-M: The clock is ticking for ASEAN on Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/03/clock-is-ticking-asean-myanmar/) - Marzuki Darusman, Yanghee Lee and Chris Sidoti write in the Jakarta Post that Indonesia, as this year's ASEAN Chair, must lead a regional and international initiative with a priority focus to end the escalating junta violence in Myanmar that should include time-bound consequences for the junta if not met. Indonesia has a limited window of
- [ASEAN Needs UN Security Council Action to End The  Myanmar Military’s Violence](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/03/un-security-council-action-myanmar-militarys-violence/) - 13 March 2023: Violence in Myanmar at the hands of the military has increased in 2023 in direct defiance of United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 2669 and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Five Point Consensus. The UN Security Council must respond to the military’s non-compliance, with action, not mere words, says the
- [Briefing Paper: Myanmar and the International Criminal Court](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/12/briefing-paper-myanmar-icc/) - အနှစ်ချုပ်စာတမ်း - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံနှင့် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာခုံရုံး (ICC) စာတမ်းအား မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ Summary The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 by a treaty, the Rome Statute 1998. Its purpose is to hold individuals accountable for serious crimes under international law and to facilitate justice for victims. In Myanmar, it is unlikely that fair trials examining crimes
- [The Military Junta Cannot Succeed: Time to Step-Up Support for Myanmar’s Democratic Movement](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/02/coup-two-year-anniversary-myanmars-democratic-movement/) - 1 February 2023: Two years after launching the attempted coup, the Myanmar military junta has failed to impose its political agenda on Myanmar. The international community must now step-up support for the federal democracy movement as the only way forward for Myanmar, said the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). SAC-M hosted a press conference
- [Yanghee Lee: European Companies Supplying the Myanmar Military With Materials for Weapon Production - VIDEO](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/01/yanghee-lee-european-companies-myanmar-military-weapon-production/) - Report on Myanmar: Global firms supply weapon parts to military regime Yanghee Lee speaks with DW News about the findings of SAC-M's 16 January report, Fatal Business: Supplying the Myanmar Military’s Weapon Production, which identifies global firms supplying products to the Myanmar military essential for the sustained production of weapons in Myanmar.
- [SAC-M: At least 13 countries are ‘enabling Myanmar’s military’ to manufacture a vast array of weapons](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/01/13-countries-enabling-weapon-manufacture-myanmar/) - Coverage of SAC-M’s report Fatal Business: Supplying the Myanmar Military’s Weapon Production in the Telegraph. At least 13 countries are ‘enabling Myanmar’s military’ to manufacture a vast array of weapons Materials, machinery and know-how is being used to commit atrocities against its own people, says report into the junta’s weapons production By Sarah Newey 16 January
- [SAC-M: Western firms facilitating production of Myanmar junta’s weapons](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/01/western-firms-myanmar-juntas-weapons/) - Coverage of SAC-M’s report Fatal Business: Supplying the Myanmar Military’s Weapon Production in the Guardian. Western firms facilitating production of Myanmar junta’s weapons, says report Independent experts find western-supplied materials are still finding their way into military’s hands By Rebecca Root 16 January 2023 Companies in 13 countries across Europe, Asia and North America are assisting
- [SAC-M: Foreign Companies Are Quietly Helping Arm Myanmar’s Junta](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/01/foreign-companies-helping-arm-myanmars-junta/) - Coverage of SAC-M’s report Fatal Business: Supplying the Myanmar Military’s Weapon Production in Vice News. These Companies Are Quietly Helping Arm Myanmar’s Junta By Koh Ewe 18 January 2023 Despite international sanctions, Myanmar has been ratcheting up its weapons industry. It’s all happening through a shady international supply chain, where even nations who have condemned the deadly
- [SAC-M: Myanmar Arms Industry Growing After Attempted Coup](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/01/myanmar-arms-industry/) - Coverage of SAC-M’s report Fatal Business: Supplying the Myanmar Military’s Weapon Production in the Associated Press. Report: Myanmar arms industry growing after army takeover By Elaine Kurtenbach 16 January 2023 Companies from at least 13 countries have helped Myanmar build up its capacity to produce weapons that are being used to commit atrocities following a 2021 military
- [SAC-M: Firms in Europe, US helping Myanmar manufacture arms](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/01/firms-europe-us-myanmar-manufacture-arms/) - Coverage of SAC-M’s report Fatal Business: Supplying the Myanmar Military’s Weapon Production in Al Jazeera. Firms in Europe, US helping Myanmar manufacture arms, report says Prominent rights experts urge countries to take action against companies enabling Myanmar’s weapons production. 16 January 2023 Companies in the United States, Europe and Asia have been helping Myanmar’s military
- [SAC-M: Global firms help Myanmar's military make weapons](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/01/global-firms-myanmars-military-weapons/) - Coverage of SAC-M's report Fatal Business: Supplying the Myanmar Military's Weapon Production in the BBC. Global firms help Myanmar's military make weapons, says report Myanmar's military is producing a vast range of weapons to use against its own people thanks to supplies from companies in at least 13 countries, former top UN officials say.
- [NEW SAC-M REPORT: Supplying the Myanmar Military’s Weapon Production](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2023/01/new-sac-m-report-fatal-business/) - 16 January 2023: Companies from at least 13 countries, including in Europe, Asia and North America, have been enabling the Myanmar military to manufacture weapons used for human rights atrocities. They must stop doing business with the Myanmar military and associated entities immediately, if they have not done so already, said the Special Advisory Council
- [Effective Control In Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/12/effective-control-in-myanmar/) - In part one of this episode SAC-M founding member Chris Sidoti, and independent researchers Matthew Arnold and Kim Jolliffe join SAC-M coordinator Isabel Todd to discuss the findings of a briefing paper on effective control published by SAC-M in September. The paper looked at the two entities in Myanmar claiming to be the government of
- [UN Security Council Resolution on Myanmar Welcome but Weak](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/12/un-security-council-resolution-myanmar-weak/) - 22 December 2022: The United Nations (UN) Security Council has finally spoken on Myanmar but action is needed, not merely words. The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) welcomes the long-overdue adoption of a Resolution on Myanmar but expresses deep disappointment at the failure of the resolution to mandate urgently needed action against the Myanmar
- [New SAC-M Briefing Paper: The ICC Can End the Myanmar Military’s Impunity](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/12/new-sac-m-briefing-paper-icc/) - 15 December 2022: The International Criminal Court (ICC) can and must end the Myanmar military’s impunity urgently, said the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). Human rights atrocities in Myanmar, which have continued to escalate throughout 2022, will persist until and unless the military is held accountable. A new briefing paper on Myanmar and the
- [UN Support Imperative: Strengthening Weak ASEAN Actions on Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/11/un-support-imperative-strengthening-weak-asean-actions-on-myanmar/) - ကမ္ဘာ့ကုလသမဂ္ဂ အထောက်အပံ့၏ အရေးပါမှု ။ ။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအပေါ် အားနည်းသော အာဆီယံ၏ လုပ်ဆောင်မှုများအား ပိုမိုအားကောင်းစေရန် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 14 November 2022: The United Nations (UN) must respond decisively to a call made by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for support in implementing the stalled Five-Point Consensus (5PC) on Myanmar by adopting complementary mechanisms and ensuring no participation of
- [SAC-M: Junta may not survive through 2023 if current conflict trajectory continues](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/11/sac-m-junta-may-not-survive-through-2023-if-current-conflict-trajectory-continues/) - SAC-M’s 5 September briefing paper ‘Effective Control in Myanmar’ quoted in Al Jazeera Myanmar’s coup is faltering. Activists want tougher ASEAN action The scale of violence in Myanmar is second only to one other conflict in the world – the war in Ukraine. By Zaheena Rasheed 11 November 2022 A day after his capture by Myanmar soldiers,
- [Yanghee Lee: UN agencies should work with EROs to deliver aid to Myanmar - Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/09/yanghee-lee-dw/) - Myanmar guerrillas kill military official after increased military attacks against rebels Yanghee Lee speaks to DW News about the lack of concerted international action on Myanmar and the need for UN agencies to work with Myanmar's Ethnic Resistance Organisations to ensure humanitarian assistance is delivered to vulnerable people inside the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF8TKRmUxo4&ab_channel=DWNews
- [Chris Sidoti: More international pressure needed on junta following prisoner amnesty - video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/11/chris-sidoti-more-international-pressure-needed-on-junta-following-prisoner-amnesty-video/) - Myanmar junta frees Suu Kyi's Australian adviser Sean Turnell Chris Sidoti speaks to ABC Australia's The World programme on the need for Australia to apply sanctions on the Myanmar military following the release of Sean Turnell as part of a mass prisoner amnesty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3QYQVRBEuw&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29
- [Briefing Paper: Effective Control in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/09/briefing-effective-control-myanmar/) - အနှစ်ချုပ်စာတမ်း - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအတွင်း ထိရောက်သော ထိန်းချုပ်မှု စာတမ်းအား မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ The Myanmar people are engaged in an historic revolutionary struggle to overthrow the oppressive Myanmar military. Allied resistance forces loyal to the National Unity Government (NUG) are waging a highly effective campaign of non-violent and armed resistance against the Myanmar military, which attempted a military coup in
- [SAC-M Response to Deadly Junta Airstrike In Kachin State](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/10/sac-m-response-to-deadly-junta-airstrike-in-kachin-state/) - စစ်အုပ်စု၏ ကချင်ပြည်နယ် လေကြောင်းတိုက်ခိုက်မှုဖြစ်စဉ်အပေါ် တုံ့ပြန်ချက်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ Quotes attributed to SAC-M founding members in response to the deadly junta airstrike in Hpakant Township, Kachin State on 23 October: Chris Sidoti: “The Myanmar military is emboldened to commit such heinous and cowardly acts against the Myanmar people and Myanmar’s ethnic minorities in particular, because it knows
- [Decapitation: The Junta’s Ultimate Method of Terror to Subjugate the Myanmar People](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/10/decapitation-the-juntas-ultimate-method-of-terror-to-subjugate-the-myanmar-people/) - ခေါင်းဖြတ်ခြင်း - မြန်မာလူထုကို ဖိနှိပ်ချုပ်ချယ်ရန်အတွက် စစ်ကောင်စီမှ အသုံးပြုနေသည့် အဆုံးစွန်သောနည်းလမ်း မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 22 October, 2022: The beheading of a National Unity Government (NUG) school teacher by Myanmar junta forces is an act of terror under international and Myanmar law. The United Nations (UN) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must take urgent action to hold
- [Marzuki Darusman: Prolonged Myanmar crisis would spell disaster for ASEAN - Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/11/marzuki-darusman-prolonged-myanmar-crisis-would-spell-disaster-for-asean-video/) - ASEAN summit: Myanmar to top Southeast Asian leaders’ discussions Marzuki Darusman quoted by Al Jazeera TV in a report covering the ASEAN Summit.
- [Chris Sidoti: 'Myanmar's civil society has never been stronger or more effective than it is now'](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/10/chris-sidoti-myanmars-civil-society-has-never-been-stronger-or-more-effective-than-it-is-now/) - Chris Sdoti speaks to Bistandsaktuelt A question of time before the junta is gone Army chief Min Aung Hlaing and the other coup plotters have lost territorial control - and are unable to deliver public services to the people. But Myanmar "is not a failed state ", because the resistance movement "has managed to maintain a service offer
- [Chris Sidot: NUG has best claim to be recognised as govt of Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/09/chris-sidot-nug-has-best-claim-to-be-recognised-as-govt-of-myanmar/) - Chris Sidoti quoted by Al Jazeera Who represents Myanmar? UN faces credentials pressure at assembly Impasse over country’s representation at global body is hampering efforts to end the crisis caused by the 2021 coup. 16 September, 2022 By Ali MC Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG), established by the democratically-elected politicians removed from office in last
- [Yanghee Lee: The United Nations is failing the people of Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/11/yanghee-lee-the-united-nations-is-failing-the-people-of-myanmar/) - 2 November, 2022 Yanghee Lee writes in the Washington Post that unlike in Ukraine, where the UN has shown it can act in a crisis, the UN's response to Myanmar's junta-made crisis is ineffective and is undermining the legitimate democratic institutions the people of Myanmar are fighting for. The United Nations acted decisively in response to
- [SAC-M: World needs to wake up to reality that a new Myanmar is already taking shape](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/09/sac-m-world-needs-to-wake-up-to-reality-that-a-new-myanmar-is-already-taking-shape/) - SAC-M's 5 September briefing paper quoted in the Irrawaddy NUG: We Control Over Half of Myanmar’s Territory By THE IRRAWADDY 7 September 2022 Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) has said that its People’s Defense Forces (PDF) and allied ethnic revolutionary organizations (ERO)) have effective control of more than half the country after a year of
- [SAC-M: Only 72 townships under stable junta control - Video](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/09/video-only-72-townships-under-stable-junta-control-sac-m/) - Myanmar junta reportedly breaks ceasefire with armed militia SAC-M's 5 September briefing paper quoted in a video report by the South China Morning Post https://youtu.be/DVoDnczzF8M
- [The Myanmar Military Used Helicopter Gunships to Murder Children Inside Their School and Must Be Held to Account](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/09/myanmar-military-helicopter-gunships-murder-children-school/) - 21 September 2022: The United Nations (UN) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) can no longer wait to take action on the side of the Myanmar people after the Myanmar military junta committed its deadliest attack against children since the attempted coup began. Without action, then they are complicit in the junta’s
- [SAC-M: NUG, resistance forces now have greatest claim to effective control of Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/09/sacm-nug-resistance-forces-effective-control-myanmar/) - SAC-M’s 5 September briefing paper ‘Effective Control in Myanmar’ quoted in Radio Free Asia UN envoy won’t return to Myanmar unless she can meet with Aung San Suu Kyi Noeleen Heyzer says she also has repeatedly called for the immediate halt of military attacks on civilians. By RFA Burmese 6 September, 2022 The United Nations special
- [SAC-M: Just 17pc of territory in Myanmar under stable junta control as conflict trajectory favours resistance](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/09/territory-myanmar-stable-junta-control-resistance/) - SAC-M’s 5 September briefing paper 'Effective Control in Myanmar' covered in the South China Morning Post Myanmar junta ‘losing control’ as armed resistance digs in, rights experts say By Aidan Jones 5 September, 2022 Myanmar’s junta has lost its grip over most of the country as the pro-democracy resistance drags the army into territory-wide
- [The United Nations General Assembly Must Accept the Credentials of Myanmar’s NUG Representative](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/09/united-nations-general-assembly-accept-credentials-nug/) - 13 September 2022: The United Nations (UN) General Assembly must respect the founding purposes and principles of the UN by accepting the credentials of Myanmar’s democratic representative, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, and ensuring consistent representation of Myanmar throughout the UN system, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The UN General Assembly convenes today
- [Briefing Paper: Effective Control in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/09/statement-briefing-effective-control-myanmar/) - 5 September 2022: The National Unity Government of Myanmar (NUG) has the greatest claim to effective control in Myanmar, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) explains in a new briefing paper, published today. The illegal military junta in Myanmar does not have effective control of the country and cannot continue to be engaged with
- [SAC-M Remembers the Rohingya Genocide](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/08/sac-m-remembers-the-rohingya-genocide/) - 25 August 2022: Five years ago, the Myanmar military launched genocidal security operations against Rohingya in Rakhine State in a horrific culmination of decades of state-based persecution of Rohingya inside Myanmar. Today, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) remembers the Rohingya victims and survivors of the genocide perpetrated by the Myanmar military and all
- [Yanghee Lee: UN Special Envoy should formally engage NUG](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/08/yanghee-lee-un-special-envoy-should-formally-engage-nug/) - SAC-M's 19 August statement quoted in The Irrawaddy. A Brief History of the UN’s Failed Missions in Myanmar By THE IRRAWADDY 22 August 2022 Last week’s meeting between UN special envoy Noeleen Heyzer and the Myanmar junta chief ended without any breakthrough, becoming yet another failed UN mission to the country, one of many involving the
- [SAC-M: 'Nothing of significance' to come from UN Special Envoy's meeting with Junta leader](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/08/sac-m-nothing-of-significance-to-come-from-un-special-envoys-meeting-with-junta-leader/) - SAC-M's 19 August statement quoted in Myanmar Now. Analysis: Meeting with junta chief leaves UN Special Envoy with blood on her hands Noeleen Heyzer’s visit, which Min Aung Hlaing attempted to leverage for political legitimacy, was a failure, contributor Thuta Zaw writes By Thuta Zaw 23 August,2022 UN Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer, photographed
- [United Nations Special Envoy Can Now Meet with Genuine Stakeholders in Myanmar’s Democratic Future](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/08/united-nations-special-envoy-can-now-meet-with-genuine-stakeholders-in-myanmars-democratic-future/) - The Special Envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General to Myanmar can now look forward to holding constructive and public meetings with the National Unity Government of Myanmar, having fulfilled the absolute minimum requirement of her mandate by meeting with the leader of the military junta in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing, says the Special Advisory
- [This Year’s Summit Make or Break for ASEAN on Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/08/this-years-summit-make-or-break-for-asean-on-myanmar/) - 6 August 2022: The next annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit in November is critical for the escalating crisis in Myanmar and ASEAN’s response to it, following the outcome of this week’s ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). Foreign Ministers from nine of the ten ASEAN Member
- [UN and ASEAN Must Respond to Junta’s Summary Executions](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/07/un-and-asean-must-respond-to-juntas-summary-executions/) - ကမ္ဘာ့ကုလသမဂ္ဂနှင့် အာဆီယံအနေဖြင့် စစ်ကောင်စီ၏ သေဒဏ်စီရင်ခြင်းအပေါ် တုန့်ပြန်ဆောင်ရွက်မှုပြုရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 25 July 2022: The summary executions of political prisoners are further abhorrent acts of terror by a military junta desperately trying to ensure its own survival. The United Nations (UN) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must stop shamefully failing the Myanmar people and finally take
- [Chris Sidoti: Having shown increased desire to engage with NUG, Australia must follow up with recognition](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/07/chris-sidoti-having-shown-increased-desire-to-engage-with-nug-australia-must-follow-up-with-recognition/) - Chris Sidoti quoted by ABC Australia. Australian officials set to attend opening of Myanmar 'representative office' in Canberra for shadow government 28 July, 2022 By Stephen Dziedzic Senior Australian foreign affairs officials are set to attend the opening of a new "representative office" for Myanmar's shadow civilian government in Canberra next week, in a sign
- [Chris Sidoti: Military summary executions make a mockery of justice](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/07/military-summary-executions/) - Chris Sidoti quoted by DW Myanmar activists vow to fight back following executions Rights groups and civil society members in Myanmar have vowed to keep up their fight against the military authorities following the execution of four pro-democracy activists. By Murali Krishnan 26 July 2022 Myanmar's military executed four democracy activists on Monday under a counterterrorism
- [Chris Sidoti: Junta leaders don't respond to cooperation, only pressure via financial sanctions](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/07/chris-sidoti-junta-leaders-dont-respond-to-cooperation-only-pressure-via-financial-sanctions/) - Chris Sidoti quoted by ABC Australia. Australian embassy spends $750,000 at luxury hotel linked to Myanmar's military junta By Erin Handley 20 July 2022 Since last year's military coup in Myanmar, an Australian embassy has spent more than $750,000 at a hotel in Yangon with links to the country's junta, FOI documents show. Activists say Australian
- [SAC-M: Summary executions of four people by junta 'an act of terror'](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/07/sac-m-summary-executions-of-four-people-by-junta-an-act-of-terror/) - SAC-M's 25 June statement quoted in the Irrawaddy. World Condemns Junta’s Executions of Myanmar Democracy Activists By THE IRRAWADDY 26 July 2022 The Myanmar regime’s executions of four democracy activists over the weekend has attracted a torrent of condemnation worldwide, highlighting the deteriorating human rights situation in the Southeast Asian country devastated by last year’s coup
- [Marzuki Darusman: Planned summary executions would amount to acts of terrorism by junta](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/06/marzuki-darusman-planned-summary-executions-would-amount-to-acts-of-terrorism-by-junta/) - SAC-M's 7 June statement quoted in the Irrawaddy. Myanmar Junta Will Be Held Accountable for Democracy Activists’ Executions: Anti-Regime Groups By THE IRRAWADDY 8 June Leading anti-regime forces have strongly denounced the Myanmar junta’s recent announcement that it will proceed with the executions of four men including a former lawmaker from ousted State Counselor Daw
- [ICJ Judgement on Preliminary Objections Welcome, But Court Must Rectify Myanmar’s Representation and More States Must Intervene in the Case](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/07/icj-judgement-un/) - 23 July 2022: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) welcomes the judgement delivered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) but calls on the Court to immediately rectify Myanmar’s representation before the Court and on United Nations (UN) Member States to meet their obligations under the Genocide Convention and intervene in the case. The
- [Planned Executions Announced by the Illegal Military Junta Would Amount to Summary Executions](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/06/planned-executions-announced-by-the-illegal-military-junta-would-amount-to-summary-executions/) - 7 June 2022: The planned executions of four people announced by the illegal military junta in Myanmar are a flagrant violation of human rights and the rule of law. The junta leaders and their cronies in their courts should be prosecuted for atrocity crimes in international courts and the junta designated a terrorist organisation, says
- [The Human Rights Council Must Fully Recognise the NUG, and Set Up a Special Tribunal To Prosecute the Illegal Junta](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/06/human-rights-council/) - 22 June 2022: There is more that the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council can and must do to promote and protect the human rights of all Myanmar peoples and to address ongoing human rights atrocities in the country, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The Council should engage with the National Unity
- [Revolutionary Systems of Local Governance in Myanmar Should Receive International Assistance](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/06/local-governance-international-assistance/) - 1 June 2022: The people of Myanmar are resolved to defeat the military junta and establish a genuine federal democracy. The revolution is already forming systems of local governance to provide essential services to people, with immediate implications for the delivery of international humanitarian assistance, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). A panel
- [Building the New Myanmar from the Ground Up: Expert Panel Discussion](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/05/building-the-new-myanmar/) - https://youtu.be/ZHkQbXZLilg The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) hosted an expert panel discussion on Thursday 26 May 2022 to discuss the theme "Building the New Myanmar from the Ground Up". An expert panel of esteemed community, state and national level Myanmar political and administrative representatives discussed the progress towards, and challenges of, building civilian
- [Marzuki Darusman: Will Myanmar's fate rely on Asean?](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/05/marzuki-darusman-will-myanmars-fate-rely-on-asean/) - Marzuki Darusman writes in the Bangkok Post that ASEAN must engage with the NUG and call for global action in response to Myanmar's humanitarian emergency if it is genuine about alleviating the suffering of the Myanmar people and saving itself from irrelevance. As the dust settles on the US-Asean Summit in Washington, a clear
- [ASEAN Risks Flouting All Humanitarian Principles](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/05/asean-risks-flouting-all-humanitarian-principles/) - အာဆီယံမှ လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာ အခြေခံမူများအား ချိုးဖောက်တော့မည့် အန္တရာယ် ကြုံတွေ့နေရသည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 9 May 2022: The plans of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for humanitarian assistance to Myanmar flout fundamental humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence and will advance the military objectives of the Myanmar military junta, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar
- [SAC-M: Plans for junta controlled aid delivery to Myanmar serve junta's military objectives](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/05/sac-m-plans-for-junta-controlled-aid-delivery-to-myanmar-serve-juntas-military-objectives/) - SAC-M’s 9 May statement covered in the Irrawaddy ASEAN’s Plan to Deliver Aid to Myanmar via Junta Condemned By THE IRRAWADDY 11 May 2022 Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) has joined local and international organizations in criticizing the decision of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to provide humanitarian aid to the Myanmar people via the
- [SAC-M: ASEAN plans for junta controlled aid delivery to Myanmar flout humanitarian principals](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/05/sac-m-asean-plans-for-junta-controlled-aid-delivery-to-myanmar-flout-humanitarian-principals/) - SAC-M's 9 May statement covered in the Irrawaddy Junta Bars UN Special Envoy on Myanmar From ASEAN Meeting By THE IRRAWADDY 9 May 2022 The UN Special Envoy for Myanmar was blocked by the country’s junta from attending a meeting on humanitarian assistance for the Southeast Asian nation, which has been devastated by last year’s military
- [ASEAN’s Five-Point Failure](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/04/aseans-five-point-failure/) - အာဆီယံ၏ ကျရှုံးမှု ၅ ချက် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 22 April 2022: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Five-Point Consensus reached between ASEAN leaders and the leader of the Myanmar military is a failure, with no significant progress made towards its implementation after twelve months, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The Five-Point Consensus
- [Marzuki Darusman: ASEAN Peace Plan, a tentative starting point, now dead in water](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/04/marzuki-darusman-asean-peace-plan-a-tentative-starting-point-now-dead-in-water/) - SAC-M’s 30 April 2021 statement quoted in op-ed by Bo Kyi published in the Irrawaddy. ASEAN’s Peace Efforts Dead in the Water 25 April 2022 By BO KYI Burma’s decline into failed state status began on February 1, 2021. Amid overwhelming public opposition to the coup d’état, the military resorted to indiscriminate violence and terror. The
- [Yanghee Lee: ASEAN must engage NUG to resolve junta-made crisis](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/04/yanghee-lee-asean-must-engage-nug-to-resolve-junta-made-crisis/) - SAC-M’s 22 April statement quoted by the Irrawaddy. ASEAN’s Myanmar Peace Plan Condemned for No Significant Progress 25 April, 2022 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) peace plan for Myanmar has proved a failure after 12 months of no significant progress, and has become a pretext for the international community to delay real action
- [SAC-M: ASEAN's Five Point-Consensus has failed, change in course needed](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/04/sac-m-aseans-five-point-consensus-has-failed-change-in-course-needed/) - SAC-M's 22 April statement quoted by Radio Free Asia Malaysia contacts Myanmar’s shadow govt as ASEAN fails to implement 5-point consensus Critics slam ASEAN’s failure to implement year-old roadmap to peace and democracy in post-coup Myanmar. 25 April, 2022 By Shailaja Neelakantan for BenarNews Malaysia’s top diplomat has revealed he’s had contact with the Burmese shadow
- [Nationwide New Year Strikes Show the Strength of Democratic Resistance in Myanmar
](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/04/nationwide-new-year-strikes-show-the-strength-of-democratic-resistance-in-myanmar/) - တစ်နိုင်ငံလုံးအတိုင်းအတာဖြင့် နှစ်သစ်ကူး ဆန္ဒထုတ်ဖော်မှုမှ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအတွင်း ဒီမိုကရေစီအရေး ခုခံလှုပ်ရှားမှုမှာ အင်အားကောင်းကြောင်းကို ပြသလျက်ရှိသည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 15 April 2022: The massive scale of nationwide strikes held in Myanmar over Thingyan sends a powerful message that democratic resistance to the military coup will continue into the New Year. Even under sustained attack, the resistance is holding its ground against the military
- [Chris Sidoti: It is high time for the UK to take action on Myanmar at the UNSC](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/04/chris-sidoti-it-is-high-time-for-the-uk-to-take-action-on-myanmar-at-the-unsc/) - Chris Sidoti writes in Al Jazeera that the UK should use the rest of its United Nations Security Council Presidency for April to table a resolution on Myanmar. This would make clear once and for all where member states stand: with the Myanmar people or with the murderous junta. Moments before voting in favour
- [Foreign Ambassadors holding shameful meetings with Min Aung Hlaing are on the wrong side of history](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/04/foreign-ambassadors-holding-shameful-meetings-with-min-aung-hlaing-are-on-the-wrong-side-of-history/) - 12 April 2022: Australian, Indian and Saudi Arabian Ambassadors should be deeply ashamed of holding meetings with the leader of the illegal military junta in Myanmar while his forces beat civilians to death, burned villages to the ground and abducted children, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The people of Myanmar have been
- [Briefing Paper: Myanmar’s case at the International Court of Justice](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/briefing-paper-myanmars-case-at-the-international-court-of-justice/) - အနှစ်ချုပ်စာတမ်း။ ။ အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ တရားရုံးမှ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ အမှုအခင်း Summary The ICJ is part of the United Nations (UN), and its role is to consider the obligations of UN Members States under international law. The ICJ is not an investigation body or a criminal court and does not consider whether individuals have committed international crimes. The Genocide Convention
- [Briefing Paper: The Myanmar Military is a Terrorist Organisation Under Law](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/12/briefing-paper-the-myanmar-military-is-a-terrorist-organisation-under-law/) - ဥပဒေအရ အကြမ်းဖက်အဖွဲ့အစည်း တစ်ခုဖြစ်နေသည့် မြန်မာစစ်တပ် The illegal Myanmar military junta is committing acts of extreme criminal violence, intended to provoke such a state of terror in the population, that ultimately people will submit to its political agenda. In the first week of December 2021 alone, junta forces burned to death 11 men and boys and
- [Myanmar Military Leaders Must Be Prosecuted for Genocide Without Further Delay](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/03/myanmar-military-leaders-must-be-prosecuted-for-genocide-without-further-delay/) - 24 March 2022: The international community must ensure that leaders of the Myanmar military are prosecuted for genocide in international courts without further delay, following the United States (US) government determination that genocide was committed against the Rohingya, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). SAC-M welcomes the important US government determination that genocide
- [Yanghee Lee: NUG, not illegal junta, should represent Myanmar at ICJ](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/yanghee-lee-nug-not-illegal-junta-should-represent-myanmar-at-icj/) - Yanghee Lee quoted by the Interpreter It’s a mistake to allow Myanmar’s junta to appear in Rohingya case Accepting military representatives in the genocide defence serves to lend the coup an undeserved legitimacy. 23 February, 2022 By ADAM SIMPSON & JULIETTE MCINTYRE While the military coup in Myanmar has dominated mention of the country
- [SAC-M: Junta representation of Myanmar at ICJ inconsistent with other UN Bodies](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/sac-m-junta-representation-of-myanmar-at-icj-inconsistent-with-other-un-bodies/) - SAC-M's 21 February statement quoted by the Diplomat Myanmar Genocide Hearings Open, Overshadowed by Question of Recognition The International Court of Justice has drawn criticism for allowing representatives of the military junta to represent Myanmar at hearings this week. 22 February, 2022 By Sebastian Strangio Lawyers representing Myanmar’s military rulers yesterday demanded the dismissal of a
- [Chris Sidoti: Lack of leadership a fundamental problem for UN in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/03/chris-sidoti-lack-of-leadership-a-fundamental-problem-for-un-in-myanmar/) - Chris Sidoti quoted by Pass Blue Follow-Up to UN Probe on Myanmar Isn’t Making a Big Difference for the People There 17 March, 2022 By Damian Lilly In 2019, the independent inquiry into the United Nations’ response to the Rohingya crisis, which drove 750,000 refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state into Bangladesh in 2017, found “systemic and
- [UN Secretary-General Repeating Cycle of UN Failure in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/03/un-secretary-general-repeating-cycle-of-un-failure-in-myanmar/) - 21 March 2022: The United Nations (UN) Secretary General’s dismissal of the crisis in Myanmar and past UN failure is shameful and plays to the advantage of the Myanmar military, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). In 2019, an independent inquiry into UN involvement in Myanmar from 2010 to 2018 found that
- [Yanghee Lee: ICJ should recognise NUG, move swiftly to achieve justice for Rohingya](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/yanghee-lee-icj-should-recognise-nug-move-swiftly-to-achieve-justice-for-rohingya/) - Yanghee Lee quoted by the Guardian Myanmar junta takes place of Aung San Suu Kyi at Rohingya hearing Military, which seized power in February 2021, seeks to throw out UN case alleging it committed genocide 22 February 2022 By Rebecca Ratcliffe Myanmar’s military junta has appeared in place of the detained Aung San Suu Kyi at the
- [Chris Sidoti: Junta is unable to govern, should not represent Myanmar at ICJ](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/chris-sidoti-junta-is-unable-to-govern-should-not-represent-myanmar-at-icj/) - Chris Sidoti quoted by Reuters Myanmar junta, ousted government fight for recognition at top U.N. court 18 February 2022 By Anthony Deutsch and Poppy Mcpherson Myanmar's military junta is to take part in hearings at the top United Nations court in The Hague next week despite a complaint from political opponents that this could give it
- [Chris Sidoti: It is outrageous for Junta to represent Myanmar at ICJ](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/chris-sidoti-it-is-outrageous-for-junta-to-represent-myanmar-at-icj/) - Chris Sidoti quoted by the Associated Press Myanmar seeks to have Rohingya case thrown out of UN court 22 February 2022 By Mike Corder Lawyers for Myanmar’s military rulers on Monday sought the dismissal of a case that accuses the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority, saying the United Nations’ top
- [Disgraceful ICJ decision irresponsible and unnecessary delay to justice](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/disgraceful-icj-decision-irresponsible-and-unnecessary-delay-to-justice/) - အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ တရားရုံး၏ဆိုးရွားသော ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်သည် တာဝန်ယူမှုကင်းမဲ့ပြီး တရားမျှတမှုအတွက် မလိုအပ်သည့် နှောင့်နှေးမှုများ ဖြစ်ပေါ်စေသည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 21 February 2022: The hearings concerning The Gambia’s case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are a dangerous and unnecessary delay to justice that could worsen the situation in Myanmar, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The ICJ is
- [The International System is Failing Myanmar: Press Conference](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/01/the-international-system-is-failing-myanmar-press-conference/) - The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) hosted an online press conference on Thursday 27 January 2022, nearly one year since the military attempted a coup in Myanmar, to urgently address the escalating crisis and continuing failure of the international system to respond. The panel consists of the three founding SAC-M members: Yanghee Lee, former
- [Reflecting on the ASEAN Summit: Opportunities and Needs -- Expert Panel Discussion](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/10/reflecting-on-the-asean-summit-opportunities-and-needs-expert-panel-discussion/) - Min Aung Hlaing and his illegal junta are increasingly isolated and desperate, nine months after attempting an unconstitutional coup d'état in Myanmar. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has excluded Min Aung Hlaing from the upcoming ASEAN Summit and condemned his failure to hold to the 5-point consensus. It is an unexpected and decisive stand
- [Chris Sidoti speaks to Channel News Asia](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/chris-sidoti-speaks-to-channel-news-asia/) - Chris Sidot speaks to Channel News Asia about Myanmar's case at the International Criminal Court and why the Court must allow the NUG, not the military junta, to represent Myanmar. https://youtu.be/LrHGZ-6t9sc
- [Marzuki Darusman: All not lost for ASEAN in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/marzuki-darusman-all-not-lost-for-asean-in-myanmar/) - Marzuki Darusman writes in the Bangkok Post that ASEAN faces a perfect storm as it tries to navigate and deal with an increasingly deluded and duplicitous Min Aung Hlaing. ASEAN must seize the moment and throw its weight behind the Myanmar people as they fight for a new democracy free from military oppression. We marked
- [Yanghee Lee: Min Aung Hlaing's coup has failed because the Myanmar people resisted](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/yanghee-lee-min-aung-hlaings-coup-has-failed-because-the-myanmar-people-resisted/) - Yanghee Lee quoted by the New York Times A Year After Coup, Myanmar Is Mired in Conflict and Chaos Daily protests, once loud and colorful, have been replaced by an eerie quiet. To mark the anniversary of the military takeover, protest leaders have called for a “silent strike.” 1 February, 2022 By Richard C. Paddock
- [Chris Sidoti: Myanmar military nothing more than a terrorist organisation](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/chris-sidoti-myanmar-military-nothing-more-than-a-terrorist-organisation/) - Chris Sidoti quoted by Channel News Asia Alleged mass killings, torture: Myanmar's shadow government compiles evidence for international legal channels 1 February, 2022 By Leong Wai Kit Throats sliced. Genitals cut off. Eyeballs dug out. In the last 12 months, witnesses have detailed these accounts of mass killings and torture seen in bodies dug up
- [Yanghee Lee: Desperate junta taking drastic measures to finish failed coup](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/yanghee-lee-desperate-junta-taking-drastic-measures-to-finish-failed-coup/) - Yanghee Lee quoted by CNN Myanmar's coup leaders tried to crush resistance. But one year on, it's stronger than ever 1 February, 2022 By Helen Regan After one year of military rule in Myanmar, millions of people are resisting a return to repression and isolation. Last February, military leader Min Aung Hlaing seized control of Myanmar in a coup that
- [Podcast: Myanmar’s case at the International Court of Justice with Chris Sidoti](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/podcast-myanmars-case-at-the-international-court-of-justice-with-chris-sidoti/) - Welcome to the first episode of Myanmar Briefings, a podcast series by SAC-M. Today, Chris Sidoti, Former Member of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar and SAC-M founding member, speaks to Isabel Todd, SAC-M's Coordinator, about Myanmar's case at the ICJ and why the Court must allow the NUG, not the military junta,
- [Why wait, Hun Sen?](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/why-wait-hun-sen/) - 18 February 2022: Hun Sen has given up on trying to resolve the gravest crisis confronting ASEAN – Myanmar’s junta-made crisis – only seven weeks into his term as ASEAN Chair. He must therefore resign from the ASEAN position immediately, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). Speaking to foreign dignitaries, Cambodian Prime Minister,
- [There are reasons for optimism,  one year on from the attempted coup](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/01/there-are-reasons-for-optimism-one-year-on-from-the-attempted-coup/) - အာဏာသိမ်းရန် ကြိုးပမ်းမှု တစ်နှစ်ကြာပြီးနောက်၊ အကောင်းဘက်သို့ မျှော်လင့်ရန် အကြောင်းရင်းများ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 28 January 2022: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) hosted a press conference yesterday, Thursday 27 January 2022. The scale and gravity of the crisis in Myanmar cannot be overstated, yet the members of SAC-M said there are reasons for optimism, even as the crisis
- [Yanghee Lee: Australia, International Community must ratchet up response to junta-made crisis](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/02/yanghee-lee-australia-international-community-must-ratchet-up-response-to-junta-made-crisis/) - Yanghee Lee quoted by SBS Australia Australian government faces renewed calls to sanction Myanmar’s military on coup anniversary A former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights has urged the international community, including Australia, to step up its response to Myanmar's military junta. 1 February 2022 By Tom Stayner, Abbie O'Brien The federal government is facing
- [What Now, Hun Sen?](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2022/01/what-now-hun-sen/) - ဟွန်ဆန် ဘာဆက်လုပ်မလဲ။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 11 January 2022: Myanmar’s would-be dictator Min Aung Hlaing has once again shown himself to be unrepentant and unaccountable to anyone after meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The meeting occurred while junta forces were launching airstrikes and intensifying offensives in
- [Chris Sidoti speaks to ABC News](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/12/chris-sidoti-speaks-to-abc-news-3/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to ABC news about Aung San Suu Kyi's sentencing and the growing strength and persistence of the nationwide anti-coup resistance. https://youtu.be/bL7Lu4D0WXM
- [SAC-M: The illegal junta should be designated a terrorist organisation](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/12/sac-m-the-illegal-junta-should-be-designated-a-terrorist-organisation/) - Coverage of SAC-M's 14 December briefing paper in the Irrawaddy. International Envoys Label Myanmar Junta Terrorist Organization 15 December, 2021 An independent group of former United Nations human rights observers, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SACM), says the military junta should be designated and treated as a terrorist organization because of its extreme acts
- [Marzuki Darusman: Asean must hold the line on junta](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/12/marzuki-darusman-asean-must-hold-the-line-on-junta/) - Marzuki Darusman co-writes in the Bangkok Post that Asean's credibility is once-again on the line as Cambodia, the new Asean chair, signals its intention to normalise relations with Min Aung Hlaing and his illegal junta. By Marzuki Darusman & Tan Sri Syed Hamid Alba & Kobsak Chutikul & Teddy Baguilat Jr 13 December, 2021
- [Chris Sidoti: Myanmar military has been stoking racial tensions for decades](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/12/chris-sidoti-junta-deliberately-sowing-racial-discord/) - Chris Sidoti quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald Divide and rule: Myanmar junta ‘weaponising’ racial tensions 4 December, 2021 By Chris Barrett Myanmar’s military junta is resorting to old tactics, stoking anti-Muslim tension, as fears rise about more atrocities being committed in the strife-torn south-east Asian nation. Ten months after seizing power in a coup, the
- [Briefing Paper: The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/09/briefing-paper-the-responsibility-to-protect-r2p-in-myanmar/) - အနှစ်ချုပ်စာတမ်း - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအတွင်း အကာအကွယ်ပေးရေးတာဝန် (R2P) Since the 1 February coup d’état in Myanmar, residents of the country have requested assistance from the international community. Particularly during the early stages of the coup, many protesters carried signs calling for “R2P,” seemingly in hope of foreign military intervention. But seven months later, the international community has still
- [The General Assembly stands with the people of Myanmar.  There must now be consistent representation throughout the UN.](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/12/the-general-assembly-stands-with-the-people-of-myanmar-there-must-now-be-consistent-representation-throughout-the-un/) - ကုလသမဂ္ဂ အထွေထွေညီလာခံသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသားများနှင့် အတူ ရပ်တည်လျက်ရှိသည်။ ကုလသမဂ္ဂလုပ်ငန်းစဉ်တစ်လျှောက် ကိုယ်စားပြုမှုမှာ ယခုအချိန်တွင်တစ်သမတ်တည်း ရှိနေရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 7 December 2021: Myanmar must be consistently represented by appointees of the National Unity Government (NUG) throughout the United Nations (UN) system in keeping with the decision made by the UN General Assembly, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The
- [Chris Sidoti: Australia must recognise NUG as rightful govt of Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/12/chris-sidoti-australia-must-recognise-nug-as-rightful-govt-of-myanmar/) - Chris Sidoti quoted by ABC News Australia Myanmar junta cancels passports of high-profile opponents and shadow government figures, documents show 3 December, 2021 By Stephen Dziedzic Myanmar's military junta has revoked the passports of dozens of its leading opponents — including senior ministers in the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) and several high-profile pro-democracy activists — in
- [Chris Sidoti: Cooperation needed to enable cross-border flow of aid into Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/11/chris-sidoti-cooperation-needed-to-enable-cross-border-flow-of-aid-into-myanmar/) - Chris Sidoti quoted in The Australian Aussie aid funds bypass Myanmar junta 18 November, 2021 The federal government has hit back at claims that aid earmarked for Myanmar has been “frozen”, insisting money is being channelled through to UN agencies and NGOs on the ground as it navigates how to ensure funds don’t end up
- [People in Myanmar on the brink of starvation](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/11/people-in-myanmar-on-the-brink-of-starvation/) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ပြည်သူများ သည် ငတ်မွတ်ခေါင်းပါးမှုတွင်းနက်ထဲသို့ ကျလုနီးနီး ဖြစ်သည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 26 November 2021: People throughout Myanmar are facing starvation. The world can either watch on or resolve the military junta-made crisis by formally recognising and engaging with the legitimate representatives of the Myanmar people – the National Unity Government (NUG), says the Special Advisory Council for
- [Humanitarian assistance alone is not a solution](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/11/humanitarian-assistance-alone-is-not-a-solution/) - လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာ အကူအညီတစ်မျိုးတည်း ပေးနေခြင်းသည် အဖြေမဟုတ်ပါ။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 12 November 2021: International humanitarian action for Myanmar, including provision of COVID-19 vaccinations, is a minimum response to the crisis, not a solution, and must not be leveraged by the illegal junta to reach a default political settlement, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The United
- [SAC-M: Junta deliberately starving the people of Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/11/sac-m-junta-deliberately-starving-the-people-of-myanmar/) - Coverage of SAC-M's 26 November statement in the Arab News Myanmar’s army is weaponizing starvation against its own people 28 November, 2021 Dr Azeem Ibrahim The Myanmar army, the Tatmadaw, appears to be weaponizing mass starvation in order to beat back resistance to its February coup. The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar, an international group
- [SAC-M: Junta atrocities resemble those committed by nascent Islamic State](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/10/sac-m-junta-atrocities-resemble-those-committed-by-nascent-islamic-state/) - SAC-M statement quoted in the South China Morning Post Tortured, executed, shot: a junta’s way of death in post-coup Myanmar As the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres warns the window for action is closing, experts liken the alleged atrocities of Min Aung Hlaing’s forces to those of Islamic State 2 October, 2021 By Min Ye
- [SAC-M: Junta brings people in Myanmar to brink of starvation](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/11/sac-m-junta-brings-people-in-myanmar-to-brink-of-starvation/) - Coverage of SAC-M's November 26 statement in the Guardian Myanmar junta accused of forcing people to brink of starvation Advisory group say military has destroyed supplies, killed livestock and cut off roads used to transport food since February coup November 27, 2021 By Kaamil Ahmed Myanmar’s military junta has been accused of forcing people to
- [Yanghee Lee: I’ve called for Myanmar’s military leaders to be brought to justice for years – finally, this is our chance](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/11/yanghee-lee-ive-called-for-myanmars-military-leaders-to-be-brought-to-justice-for-years-finally-this-is-our-chance/) - Yanghee Lee writes in the Independent that for the first time the ICC Prosecutor can investigate war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed by the Myanmar military up and down the country. Yanghee Lee is a founding member of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar and former UN special rapporteur on the situation of human
- [“We will either die of starvation or die fighting” -- UN Security Council Must Act on Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/10/we-will-either-die-of-starvation-or-die-fighting-un-security-council-must-act-on-myanmar/) - “အငတ်ခံပြီး သေမလား၊ တိုက်ရင်းသေမလားပဲ​ ကျွန်တော်တို့မှာ ရွေးစရာရှိတယ်” ကမ္ဘာ့ကုလသမဂ္ဂ လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီအနေဖြင့် မြန်မာပြည်၏ အကျပ်အတည်းအား ထိရောက်စွာ ကိုင်တွယ်ဖြေရှင်းရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 29 October 2021: People in Myanmar are on the brink of starvation and in urgent need of medical supplies and food after months of sustained assaults by junta forces, SAC-M has learned. The UN Security Council must finally issue a resolution
- ['We are struggling to live another day' -- Statement by Secretary-1 of the Mindat People's Administration](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/10/we-are-struggling-to-live-another-day-statement-by-secretary-1-of-the-mindat-peoples-administration/) - Secretary-1 of the Mindat People's Association gave this statement via video link during SAC-Ms expert panel discussion on 29 October 2021. First of all, I would like to say thank you for the people around the world who are listening attentively to what I am talking about. Because I believe that you are listening
- [MARZUKI DARUSMAN: ASEAN has shut out Myanmar’s junta leader: he must remain that way](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/10/marzuki-darusman-asean-has-shut-out-myanmars-junta-leader-he-must-remain-that-way/) - Marzuki Darusman writes in the Straits Times that the exclusion of junta leader Min Aung Hlaing from the ASEAN summit only makes sense if it is a norm-setting exercise, not just a whim of the moment. ASEAN should follow up on its creditable decision to exclude Min Aung Hlaing by directly engaging with the National
- [Yanghee Lee speaks to BBC World News](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/09/yanghee-lee-speaks-to-the-bbc/) - Yanghee Lee speaks to BBC World News about the outlook for Myanmar representative Kyaw Moe Tun at the UN and the increasing junta violence across Myanmar. .
- [UN on the brink of another failure in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/10/un-on-the-brink-of-another-failure-in-myanmar/) - မြန်မာ့အရေးနှင့် ပက်သတ်၍ ကမ္ဘာ့ကုလသမဂ္ဂအနေဖြင့် နောက်တစ်ဖန် ကျရှုံးနိုင်သည့်အခြေအနေဖြစ်သည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 8 October 2021: The United Nations is in danger of repeating its past mistakes in Myanmar, warns the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). Effective leadership and an appropriate strategy are desperately needed if the UN is to avoid contributing to the suffering caused by the illegal
- [Yanghee Lee: Junta committing unilateral violence against the Myanmar people](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/10/yanghee-lee-junta-committing-unilateral-violence-against-the-myanmar-people/) - Yanghee Lee quoted in SBS News Australia 'The world has ignored us': Myanmar resistance leader urges more support from Australia Eight months after the military coup in Myanmar, a key figure in the self-appointed shadow government has accused the world of forgetting about the country and urged Australia to do more to dismantle the junta's
- [SAC-M: UN should declare junta a terrorist organisation](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/09/sac-m-un-should-declare-junta-a-terrorist-organisation/) - SAC-M statement quoted by the Irrawaddy Int’l Rights Experts Urge UN to Declare Myanmar Junta ‘Terrorist’ Organization 28 Sept, 2021 An independent group of prominent former UN human rights experts has urged the United Nations Security Council to declare the Myanmar military junta a “terrorist organization” for its atrocities against its own civilians including public
- [Briefing Paper: Recognition of Governments](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/08/briefing-paper-recognition-of-governments/) - အနှစ်ချုပ်စာတမ်း၊ အစိုးရတစ်ရပ်အား အသိအမှတ်ပြုခြင်း More than six months after the Myanmar military launched its coup d’etat on 1 February, neither the military junta nor the National Unity Government (NUG) established by elected parliamentarians on 16 April have been widely recognised internationally as the government. The decision to recognise a new government can be made bilaterally
- [Myanmar military junta engaging in terrorism with flagrant disregard for United Nations meetings](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/09/myanmar-military-junta-engaging-in-terrorism-with-flagrant-disregard-for-united-nations-meetings/) - မြန်မာ စစ်အုပ်စုအနေဖြင့် ကမ္ဘာ့ကုလသမဂ္ဂ အစည်းအဝေးများအား မထီမဲ့မြင်ပြုကာ အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများကို ရည်ရွယ်လုပ်ဆောင်နေသည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 27 September 2021: The illegal Myanmar military junta engaged in acts of extreme violence, even while UN Member States met in New York and Geneva over the past two weeks, and should be designated as a terrorist organisation, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar
- [Statement on the murder of Mohib Ullah](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/09/statement-on-the-murder-of-mohib-ullah/) - Mohib Ullah အား သတ်ဖြတ်ခဲ့ခြင်းအပေါ် ကြေညာချက် ထုတ်ပြန်ခြင်း မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 30 September 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) mourns the death of Mohib Ullah, one of the Myanmar Rohingya people’s leading human rights advocates and defenders. Mohib Ullah was murdered on 29 September 2021 in the Rohingya refugee camp of Lambashia, Kutupalong in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
- [Briefing Note on the attempted coup and business by Chris Sidoti](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/brief-on-the-attempted-coup-and-business-by-chris-sidoti/) - The FFM recommendations In 2017 the UN Human Rights Council established an Independent International Fact Finding Mission to investigate and report on allegations of ‘recent’ human rights violations in Myanmar. The FFM interpreted ‘recent’ as going back to 2012. The FFM presented reports to the Council in 2017 and 2018. The reports provided detailed fact,
- [Chris Sidoti speaks to ABC news](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/09/chris-sidoti-speaks-to-abc-news-2/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to ABC news about the battle for Myanmar's seat at the UN and what international recognition of the NUG would mean for the democracy movement. https://youtu.be/7hdQvrztDP4
- [Chris Sidoti: Junta will 'weaponise' humanitarian relief, must go through NUG](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/09/chris-sidoti-junta-will-weaponise-humanitarian-relief-must-go-through-nug-csos/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to Myanmar Now Junta health minister ‘rebuffed’ UN official’s request for greater humanitarian access in Myanmar – sources During a top UNOCHA official’s trip to Myanmar, the military council’s health minister reportedly refused to facilitate conditions for greater Covid-19-related aid distribution Sep 17, 2021 The military council’s health minister reportedly “rebuffed” a
- [Chris Sidoti speaks with ABC: Foreign Correspondent](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/07/chris-sidoti-speaks-with-abc-foreign-correspondent/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to ABC's Foreign Correspondent program about the Tatmadaw's shadowy business empire and the need for targeted sanctions against the military and its leadership. https://youtu.be/81u9LoGD-QM
- [Chris Sidoti: Targeted sanctions 'essential' in pressuring military back into barracks](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/07/chris-sidoti-targeted-sanctions-essential-in-pressuring-military-back-into-barracks/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to ABC Australia Uncovering the shadowy business empire bankrolling Myanmar's military generals July 29, 2021 By Matt Davis and Anne Worthington When Swe Win was shot through the leg while on holiday in the west of Myanmar in December 2019, his first thought was that it must have been a stray
- [Briefing Paper: The response so far of United Nations political bodies to the unlawful military coup in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/09/briefing-paper-the-response-so-far-of-united-nations-political-bodies-to-the-unlawful-military-coup-in-myanmar/) - Since the 1 February 2021 coup in Myanmar, three political bodies of the UN have discussed the situation and passed resolutions or adopted statements that include expressions of support for democratic processes, an end to violence and calls for the immediate release of political detainees. However, to date there have been no legally enforceable actions.
- [Burmese Voice Over of Sowing the seeds of a new democracy in Myanmar: Expert Panel Discussion](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/08/burmese-voice-over-of-sowing-the-seeds-of-a-new-democracy-in-myanmar-expert-panel-discussion/) - The expert panel is moderated by SAC-M founding member and former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee. The panellists are Marzuki Darusman, SAC-M founding member and former Chair of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, Aung Myo Min, Minister of Human Rights for the National Unity Government, and Khin Sandar of the
- [Sowing the seeds of a new democracy in Myanmar: Expert Panel Discussion](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/08/sowing-the-seeds-of-a-new-democracy-in-myanmar-expert-panel-discussion/) - The expert panel is moderated by SAC-M founding member and former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee. The panellists are Marzuki Darusman, SAC-M founding member and former Chair of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, Aung Myo Min, Minister of Human Rights for the NUG, and Khin Sandar of the General Strike
- [Statement on Declaration of People’s Defensive War](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/09/statement-on-declaration-of-peoples-defensive-war/) - ပြည်သူလူထု၏ ခုခံတော်လှန်စစ် ကြေညာခြင်းအပေါ် ကြေညာချက်ထုတ်ပြန်ခြင်း မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 8 September 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) finds it unfortunate that the National Unity Government (NUG) was ultimately forced to react in calling for a people’s defensive war against the military junta, but also understands the NUG and the people’s frustration after seven months of
- [SAC-M: CUT THE IMPUNITY: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST ACT NOW](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/07/sac-m-cut-the-impunity-the-international-community-must-act-now/) - 30 June 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) says that, according to credible reports of archetypal Tatmadaw-style clearance operations, recent Myanmar military offensives, including in Mindat, Demoso, Kin Ma and Mandalay, would, adding further to what it had previously committed, constitute crimes against humanity and, in armed conflict areas, war crimes. The international
- [SAC-M: NUG's call for people's defensive war unfortunate but understandable](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/09/sac-m-nugs-call-for-peoples-defensive-war-unfortunate-but-understandable/) - SAC-M statement quoted in the Associated Press Rights experts express regret over Myanmar uprising call 9 September 2021 By Grant Peck | AP Several prominent former U.N. human rights experts expressed regret Wednesday that a leading resistance organization in Myanmar has called for a nationwide armed uprising against the country’s military government. The underground National Unity Government declared
- [Briefing Paper: Myanmar’s Representation in the United Nations](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/08/2243/) - ရှင်းလင်းတင်ပြချက်စာတမ်း၊ ကမ္ဘာ့ကုလသမဂ္ဂ၌ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ကိုယ်စားပြုမှု Both the National Unity Government (NUG) and the military junta seek to represent Myanmar in the United Nations. At the UN General Assembly in New York, Myanmar is currently represented by Permanent Representative Kyaw Moe Tun, who has held the position since 2020. Now affiliated with the NUG, on 26
- [Remembering the Rohingya Genocide](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/08/remembering-the-rohingya-genocide/) - 25 August 2021: Four years ago, decades of state persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar culminated in a campaign of genocidal atrocities committed against Rohingya by the Myanmar military. Today, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) remembers the victims, those still facing persecution in Rakhine state, and the refugees in Cox’s Bazar and around the
- [The People of Myanmar Need Urgent Assistance as the Junta Weaponises the COVID-19 Crisis](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/07/the-people-of-myanmar-need-urgent-assistance-as-the-junta-weaponises-the-covid-19-crisis/) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ စစ်အုပ်စုများအနေဖြင့် ကိုဗစ်-၁၉ ရောဂါ အကျပ်အတည်းကို လက်နက်သဖွယ် အသုံးပြုတိုက်ခိုက်လာခြင်းကြောင့် မြန်မာပြည်သူလူထုအနေဖြင့် အကူအညီများကို အရေးတကြီး၊ အလျင်အမြန် လိုအပ်လျက်ရှိသည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 16 July 2021: The international community must urgently respond to Myanmar’s crippling COVID-19 crisis and get life-saving assistance across borders into the country through the democracy movement’s networks, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). Local responders, ethnic service
- [Press Conference: Launch of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/press-conference-launch-of-the-special-advisory-council-for-myanmar/) - SAC-M hosts an online press conference to introduce the work of SAC-M and address the urgent and ongoing crisis in Myanmar SAC-M's founding members are joined on the panel by a member of the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) https://youtu.be/oxdAsV4CXcU
- [ASEAN Special Envoy: Engage with True Representatives of the Myanmar People](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/08/asean-special-envoy-engage-with-true-representatives-of-the-myanmar-people/) - အာဆီယံအထူးကိုယ်စားလှယ်အနေဖြင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံပြည်သူလူထု၏ စစ်မှန်သည့်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များနှင့် တွေ့ဆုံဆွေးနွေးညှိနှိုင်းရမည်။ မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 06 Aug 2021: The newly appointed ASEAN Special Envoy to Myanmar must secure an end to the Myanmar military junta’s violence and engage with true representatives of the people of Myanmar, starting with the National Unity Government (NUG), says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). The appointment
- [Myanmar critically needs massive UN-mandated humanitarian intervention to fight COVID](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/07/myanmar-critically-needs-massive-un-mandated-humanitarian-intervention-to-fight-covid/) - မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအနေဖြင့် ကိုဗစ်-၁၉ ကပ်ရောဂါကို ပြန်လည် တိုက်ခိုက်နိုင်ရန်အတွက် ကမ္ဘာ့ကုလသမဂ္ဂမှ တရားဝင်ချမှတ်ထားသော လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာ အကူအညီများကို ကြီးမားစွာ အရေးတကြီး လိုအပ်လျက်ရှိသည် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ထုတ်ပြန်​ကြေညာချက်အား ​အောက်တွင်ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ 22 July 2021: The UN Security Council must urgently mandate an international humanitarian intervention in Myanmar, including aid workers on the ground, to get life-saving assistance to millions of people suffering under a devastating third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak,
- [SAC-M: Massive humanitarian intervention needed to confront Covid-19 emergency](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/07/sac-m-massive-humanitarian-intervention-needed-to-confront-covid-19-emergency/) - Chris and Yanghee quoted in Myanmar Now Only a ‘massive’ humanitarian intervention can curb Myanmar’s Covid-19 ‘disaster,’ experts say International experts call for urgent UN-mandated action, as ethnic health organisations and the NUG form a task force to increase international cooperation to fight the pandemic July 22, 2021 An “urgent and massive” international humanitarian intervention
- [SAC-M: Myanmar Is Not a Failed State, But a Failed Coup](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/08/sac-m-myanmar-is-not-a-failed-state-but-a-failed-coup/) - Yanghee Lee, Chris Sidoti, and Marzuki Darusman write in the Diplomat that far from being the citizens of a failed state, the resourceful and resilient people of Myanmar have mobilised to resist junta rule, save lives and plant the seeds of a new democracy Yanghee Lee, Chris Sidoti, and Marzuki Darusman are founding members of the
- [Marzuki Darusman: ASEAN, stop wasting time on Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/08/marzuki-darusman-asean-stop-wasting-time-on-myanmar/) - Marzuki Darusman writes in the Jakarta Post that ASEAN must end its deadly complacency on Myanmar and channel life-saving humanitarian aid to its people or face irrelevancy Marzuki Darusman is a founding Member of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar and former chair of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. July 31, 2021
- [Chris Sidoti: Telenor has responsibility to reduce damage as part of Myanmar exit](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/07/chris-sidoti-telenor-has-responsibility-to-reduce-damage-as-part-of-myanmar-exit/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to Myanmar Now Telenor will transfer call data records for 18m subscribers to junta-linked company Activists fear Telenor’s transfer of personal data, which may get caught in European data protection law, will place them at risk of arrest by the junta July 26, 2021 Norway’s Telenor will transfer the call data records
- [Yanghee Lee: Unable to govern, junta fuels covid crisis](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/07/yanghee-lee-unable-to-govern-junta-fuels-covid-crisis/) - Yanghee Lee quoted in the Financial Times Myanmar's Covid surge fuelled by mistrust of military junta Infections double every week and hospitals overflow after crackdown sends health workers into hiding By John Reed July 20 2021 A surge of Covid-19 infections is swamping Myanmar’s threadbare healthcare system, causing bodies to pile up at cemeteries
- [Yanghee Lee: The junta is weaponising Covid-19](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/07/yanghee-lee-the-junta-is-weaponising-covid-19/) - Yanghee Lee speaks to The Telegraph ‘We can’t breathe... and the whole world is silent’: Myanmar begs for oxygen as Covid crisis worsens Just like in India, Myanmar's citizens take their desperate pleas for help to social media By Nicola Smith and Nandi Theint 16 July 2021 Myanmar’s people were first deprived of their democratic rights,
- [Chris Sidoti: The Tatmadaw Must Be Hit Where it Hurts – Its Wallet](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/07/chris-sidoti-the-tatmadaw-must-be-hit-where-it-hurts-its-wallet/) - Chris Sidoti writes in Just Security that while not a panacea, targeted sanctions against Tatmadaw businesses by foreign governments are integral to weakening the junta's grip on power Chris Sidoti is a founding Member of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar and a former Member of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar The
- [YANGHEE LEE: JUNTA CRIMINALS MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/07/ynghee-lee-junta-criminals-must-be-held-accountable/) - Yanghee Lee speaks to the New Internationalist The Cost of Inaction By Preeti Jha Yanghee Lee, a UN human rights envoy to Myanmar from 2014 to 2020, warned the world about the military’s atrocities against the Rohingya. The government responded by barring her from the country. She talks to Preeti Jha about the lessons that should have
- [Chris Sidoti: Sanctions needed to cut off military cash supplies](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/06/chris-sidoti-sanctions-needed-to-cut-off-military-cash-supplies/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to Myanmar Now International sanctions on MOGE increasingly likely, says legal expert Myanmar Now June 28 Five months after the military seized power in Myanmar, hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues from natural gas projects still flow to the military regime. Calls are growing for foreign governments, notably the United States,
- [Chris Sidoti: Arms embargo essential to oppose Tatmadaw power grab](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/06/chris-sidoti-arms-embargo-essential-to-oppose-tatmadaw-power-grab/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to Karen News UN Security Council Fails to Act on Global Arms Embargo – As Burma’s Junta Continues Killing Unarmed Civilians Karen News June 15 A former member of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Independent International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar has criticized the United Nations Security Council for failing to
- [Briefing Note for Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/05/briefing-note-for-security-council-open-debate-on-the-protection-of-civilians-in-armed-conflict/) - On 25 May the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The Secretary-General will present his report on the protection of civilians and the proposed theme of the debate is attacks on health care, five years on from the adoption of Security Council resolution 2286 on
- [Yanghee Lee: It is time for democratic countries to take the risk and venture out](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/06/yanghee-lee-it-is-time-for-democratic-countries-to-take-the-risk-and-venture-out/) - Yanghee Lee speaks to The Telegraph Britain told to stand up to Myanmar junta as resistance armies rise up By Nicola Smith 12 Jun 2021 Myanmar’s civilian government-in-exile has called on Boris Johnson to lead the world by formally recognising its right to rule the crisis-torn Southeast Asian nation after a February military coup.
- [SAC-M: Junta Continues to use Sexual and Gender-Based Violence to Terrorise Civilian Population](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/05/sac-m-junta-continues-to-use-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-to-terrorise-civilian-population/) - 19 May 2021: As the military junta continues to wage a campaign of terror against the peoples of Myanmar, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) says that sexual and gender-based violence remains a brutal strategy employed by the junta to terrorise and punish the civilian population. In recent weeks, serious allegations have emerged of
- [SAC-M: Tracking the Three Cuts:  SAC-M Launches Live Record of Cuts to Junta’s Cash](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/06/sac-m-tracking-the-three-cuts-sac-m-launches-live-record-of-cuts-to-juntas-cash/) - 04 June 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) is launching a live record of actions taken since the attempted coup in Myanmar by States, businesses, and other entities – including sanctions, operation suspensions and divestments – that contribute to cutting the junta’s finances. SAC-M is calling for a global ‘Three Cuts’ strategy against
- [SAC-M: ASEAN Delegation must meet with ALL Relevant Parties in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/06/sac-m-asean-delegation-must-meet-with-all-relevant-parties-in-myanmar/) - 04 June 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) says that the delegation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) currently in Myanmar must uphold its mandate to meet with ALL relevant parties, including the National Unity Government and the democracy movement. On 3 June 2021, an ASEAN delegation – including ASEAN Chair
- [SAC-M: G7 must fill vacuum left by UN and ASEAN](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/06/sac-m-g7-must-fill-vacuum-left-by-un-and-asean/) - 10 June 2021: Ahead of this weekend’s G7 leaders’ summit, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) calls on the group to fill the vacuum left by the UN and ASEAN and take decisive action to defend democracy and human rights in Myanmar. This weekend, leaders of the G7 nations will hold a three-day summit.
- [ADVOCATE by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/06/advocate-by-asean-parliamentarians-for-human-rights/) - ADVOCATE is a podcast channel by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) that discusses the most important human rights developments across Southeast Asia. The most recent series, Myanmar: Anatomy of a Coup takes a close look at the major players in Myanmar’s current environment: the coup maker, those resisting the coup, and the external influencers.
- [Chris Sidoti: It’s hard to see evidence of them having any influence. Sean Turnell is still in jail](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/05/chris-sidoti-its-hard-to-see-evidence-of-them-having-any-influence-sean-turnell-is-still-in-jail/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to The Sydney Morning Herald Australia faces fresh call for action on Myanmar with Turnell still in jail By Chris Barrett May 31, 2021 — 2.30pm Singapore: Australia is facing a renewed call to introduce fresh sanctions on Myanmar’s military government with Sydney economist Sean Turnell still languishing in prison nearly four months after he
- [Yanghee Lee: ASEAN must use weekend summit to save Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/04/yanghee-lee-asean-must-use-weekend-summit-to-save-myanmar/) - Yanghee Lee writes in Nikkei Asia Review about how the international community can and must engage with the National Unity Government of Myanmar Yanghee Lee is a former United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, and a founding member of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar. In the less than three months since the
- [Marzuki Darusman: Asean is failing its 'ultimate test' in Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/05/marzuki-darusman-asean-is-failing-its-ultimate-test-in-myanmar/) - Marzuki Darusman writes in the Bangkok Post that writes that the real test for ASEAN is what happens next, but reminds us that while things look bleak now, we must remember that there is nothing inevitable about military rule in Myanmar Marzuki Darusman, is founding Member of the Special Advisory Council on Myanmar and former
- [SAC-M: Thailand: Deporting DVB Reporters to Myanmar Would Violate International Law](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/05/sac-m-thailand-deporting-dvb-reporters-to-myanmar-would-violate-international-law/) - 11 May 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) says that three DVB reporters and two associates who fled violence and persecution in Myanmar must not be forced back by the Thai authorities. To do so would violate international law. On 9 May, three reporters from the Myanmar news outlet the Democratic Voice of
- [SAC-M: Myanmar Military Targeting Medical Professionals](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/05/sac-m-myanmar-military-targeting-medical-professionals/) - 07 April 2021: Medical professionals in Myanmar are being systematically targeted by the Myanmar military with killings, beatings, abductions and enforced disappearances. The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) continues to call for ‘three cuts’ against the military, immediate implementation of the ASEAN five-point consensus, and urgent mobilisation of resources for humanitarian assistance. For more
- [Former UN Experts Launch Independent  “Special Advisory Council for Myanmar”](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/former-un-experts-launch-independent-special-advisory-council-for-myanmar/) - 01 March 2021: One month after the military coup, three international experts on Myanmar have joined forces in a new independent group to support the peoples of Myanmar in their fight for human rights, democracy, peace, justice and accountability. The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar, or SAC-M, has been formed to provide an international platform
- [SAC-M raises alarm over growing likelihood of major lethal crackdown in Myanmar and calls for immediate intervention](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/1777/) - 14 March 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar is alarmed at the escalating use of violence by the Myanmar military against the anti-coup civilian movement. It expresses grave concerns that a major military crackdown may be imminent, with fatal consequences. It calls for immediate international political intervention to halt the violence and engage all
- [SAC-M devastated by news of fires in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/sac-m-devastated-by-news-of-fires-in-coxs-bazar-refugee-camps/) - 24 March 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar, SAC-M, is devasted to learn of the fires in Balukhali Camp in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, where thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been sheltering since 2017 and before. All three members of SAC-M have visited the camps in Cox’s Bazar on multiple occasions and
- [SAC-M says Myanmar Military is Engaging in Terrorism and calls for Global “Three Cuts” Strategy](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/sac-m-says-myanmar-military-is-engaging-in-terrorism-and-calls-for-global-three-cuts-strategy/) - 28 March 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) condemns the Myanmar military as an organisation engaging in terrorism, marking its Armed Forces Day with a barbaric massacre, and calls for a global “three cuts” strategy against the military. Nearly two months after the attempted coup, as the Myanmar military’s Commander-in-Chief, Senior General Min
- [SAC-M: Myanmar military waging nationwide offensives to crush ethnic support for anti-coup resistance](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/04/sac-m-myanmar-military-waging-nationwide-offensives-to-crush-ethnic-support-for-anti-coup-resistance/) - 09 April 2021: The Myanmar military has launched deadly attacks on civilians in ethnic states in a flagrant attempt to deter ethnic organisations from supporting for the anti-coup resistance, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). On 27 March 2021, the same day that the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, marked its Armed Forces Day
- [SAC-M: After Horror in Bago the United Nations Secretary General Must Act](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/04/sac-m-after-horror-in-bago-the-united-nations-secretary-general-must-act/) - 12 April 2021: After soldiers from the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, massacred at least 82 people during a siege on the town Bago, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) says the country is in a state of terror and lawlessness and calls for the United Nations Secretary General to act immediately. On Friday 9
- [SAC-M: India must not deport Rohingya refugees to Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/04/sac-m-india-must-not-deport-rohingya-refugees-to-myanmar/) - 19 April 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) is deeply concerned that a recent decision of the Supreme Court of India could lead to the forcible return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. On 8 April 2021, the Supreme Court of India denied a petition against the arbitrary detention of Rohingya refugees in India
- [SAC-M: Historic National Unity Government of Myanmar is the Legitimate Government](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/04/sac-m-historic-national-unity-government-of-myanmar-is-the-legitimate-government/) - 16 April 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) welcomes the historic announcement of a National Unity Government as the legitimate government of Myanmar. Today, a committee of Myanmar’s elected parliamentarians, the Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), who were prevented from taking their seats after the Myanmar military’s attempted coup on 1 February,
- [SAC-M: ASEAN Five-Point Consensus a Tentative Starting Point](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/04/sac-m-asean-five-point-consensus-a-tentative-starting-point/) - 30 April 2021: The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) says the five-point consensus reached during the ASEAN Leaders Meeting on 24 April is a tentative starting point for a constructive process in response to the crisis in Myanmar. To move forward, the consensus must be followed by concrete action from ASEAN and international engagement
- [Chris Sidoti speaks to Sky News](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/04/chris-sidoti-speaks-to-sky-news/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to Sky News about the need for Australia to take stronger action on Myanmar as a close neighbour of ASEAN Follow the link for the full interview: Australia should take stronger steps to condemn Myanmar coup as member of ASEAN | Sky News Australia
- [Chris Sidoti speaks to ABC News](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/chris-sidoti-speaks-to-abc-news/) - Chris Sidoti speaks to ABC News about Adani's 'scandalous' investment in Myanmar with links to the military https://youtu.be/8CkuBEhUeqM
- [Yanghee Lee speaks with CNN](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/yanghee-lee-speaks-with-cnn/) - Yanghee Lee speaks to the CNN Newsroom With John Vause about the crackdown on the media in Myanmar
- [Chris Sidoti: We are waiting on a daily basis for the announcement that a national unity government has been formed](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/04/chris-sidoti-we-are-waiting-on-a-daily-basis-for-the-announcement-that-a-national-unity-government-has-been-formed/) - Chris Sidoti discusses a list of policy options for Australia to respond to the crisis in Myanmar in The Sydney Morning Herald Trump’s example playing out in Asia, the world has to intervene By Peter Hartcher Political and international editor The generals of Myanmar decided to follow Donald Trump’s example. Like Trump, they declared a
- [Chris Sidoti: We’ve certainly seen the first signs of mass migration](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/chris-sidoti-weve-certainly-seen-the-first-signs-of-mass-migration/) - Chris Sidoti warns that people fleeing the Myanmar military has consequences not only for Myanmar’s neighbours but for everybody else as well in The Sydney Morning Herald ‘They’ve started digging bunkers’: Myanmar descends closer to civil war By Chris Barrett Terrified of bombs dropping from the sky, the villagers from Ei Tu Hta on the border
- [SAC-M: Myanmar military a 'terrorist group' that should face international court](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/sac-m-myanmar-military-a-terrorist-group-that-should-face-international-court/) - SAC-M calls for ‘three cuts’ strategy against junta over deadly crackdowns reported by The Guardian Myanmar military a 'terrorist group' that should face international court, advisory council says The Myanmar military is a “terrorist group” that should be brought before the international criminal court, and funds flowing to it should be cut via a global
- [Marzuki Darusman: The actions of the Myanmar military are the actions of a terrorist group](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/marzuki-darusman-the-actions-of-the-myanmar-military-are-the-actions-of-a-terrorist-group/) - Marzuki Darusman says the actions of the Myanmar military are calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public with the purpose of terrorizing the entire population in The Washington Post As Myanmar’s security forces crush anti-coup protests, more and more children are dying By Shibani Mahtani Sai Wai Yan was the sort
- [Yanghee Lee speaks with ABC News](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/yanghee-lee-speaks-with-abc-news/) - Yanghee Lee speaks with ABC News about the Myanmar military's "terrorist-like" behaviour https://youtu.be/WtoXw_naV-U
- [Chris Sidoti: The Tatmadaw may find itself very quickly overstretched](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/chris-sidoti-the-tatmadaw-may-find-itself-very-quickly-overstretched/) - Chris Sidoti comments on the ability of the Tatmadaw to manage multiple conflicts at once in Bloomberg News Ousted Myanmar Parliament Plans National Unity Government By Bloomberg News Myanmar’s parliament, ousted by the military Feb. 1, plans to set up a national unity government in the first week of April, according to a statement by
- [Burmese version of Press Conference: Launch of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/burmese-version-of-press-conference-launch-of-the-special-advisory-council-for-myanmar/) - Burmese translation of online press conference to introduce the work of SAC-M and address the urgent and ongoing crisis in Myanmar SAC-M's founding members are joined on the panel by a member of the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) https://youtu.be/FGHKTVP_FaI
- [Statement by CDM member at the Launch of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/statement-by-cdm-member-at-the-launch-of-the-special-advisory-council-for-myanmar/) - Thank you, SAC-M leaders, for allowing me to join you today and say few words on the current situation on behalf of the citizens of Myanmar. Let me introduce myself first. I am one of the CDM doctors from Myanmar. As you all have seen, the military-led terrorist group has been committing atrocities, using assault
- [Statement by Chris Sidoti at the Launch of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/statement-by-chris-sidoti-at-the-launch-of-the-special-advisory-council-for-myanmar/) - The coup on the first of February is clearly a critical event in the history of Myanmar. But it was not sudden. Rather, it is a display of the power of the Myanmar military, the Tatmadaw, consistent with the way in which the Myanmar military has acted throughout the decades and the generations. Since the
- [Statement by Marzuki Darusman at the Launch of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/statement-by-marzuki-darusman-at-the-launch-of-the-special-advisory-council-for-myanmar/) - The aims of SAC-M are three-fold: strategy, advocacy and information. To begin with, we will be very much tied up with the third pillar – information. We will be clarifying from the ground. We can only assume that the junta is involved in counterpropaganda, so there needs to be counter clarification to inform the international
- [Statement by Yanghee Lee at the Launch of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/statement-by-yanghee-lee-at-the-launch-of-the-special-advisory-council-for-myanmar/) - I speak to you today during deeply troubled times in Myanmar. Unarmed peaceful protestors are being attacked by the security forces. Yesterday, many people were killed, shot in the head by soldiers and police firing directly into the crowds. I was informed that 2 of those shot dead in the head were children – 14
- [Chris Sidoti: We are seeing the most notorious divisions in the Myanmar military deployed](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/chris-sidoti-we-are-seeing-the-most-notorious-divisions-in-the-myanmar-military/) - Chris Sidoti comments on the deployment of Light Infantry Divisions to Myanmar's largest cities in The Sydney Morning Herald Marise Payne’s inaction gives comfort to murderous regime The people of Myanmar are not intimidated by the generals who seized power four weeks ago in a coup. The protest rallies, the civil servant strikes, have only
- [Yanghee Lee: The people of Myanmar are determined that they will not live under this illegitimate military junta](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/yanghee-lee-the-people-of-myanmar-are-determined-that-they-will-not-live-under-this-illegitimate-military-junta/) - Yanghee Lee comments on the role of China and the United Nations Security Council in dealing with the crisis in Myanmar in DW News Myanmar protesters persist following deadliest day The US and France have condemned a bloody crackdown on protesters in Myanmar, as the anti-coup protest movement continues to defy security forces. Protesters again
- [Chris Sidoti: Russia should be outraged](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/chris-sidoti-russia-should-be-outraged/) - Chris Sidoti comments on the Myanmar military Armed Forces Day Massacre in The Sydney Morning Herald ‘Tipping point’: Rudd among 45 ex-leaders calling for Myanmar intervention Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has joined with 45 former country leaders and foreign ministers from around the world in calling on the United Nations to intervene to stop
- [Yanghee Lee leads Foreign Press Association USA panel discussion](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/yanghee-lee-leads-foreign-press-association-usa-panel-discussion/) - Yanghee Lee leads a panel discussion hosted by the Foreign Press Association USA on the international response to the Myanmar military coup, titled "Burmese Daze: Irresponsibility not to Protect?" https://youtu.be/ByJrnCkQxYo
- [Yanghee Lee speaks with Al Jazeera](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/yanghee-lee-speaks-with-al-jazeera/) - Yanghee Lee speaks to Al Jazeera Inside Story about how SAC-M will seek to ensure that the voices and wishes of Myanmar civil society and activists are heard after the military coup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH2eV5Dogxo
- [Yanghee Lee speaks with CBC News: The National](https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2021/03/yanghee-lee-speaks-with-cbc-news-the-national/) - Yanghee Lee speaks with CBC News: The National about the ongoing, brutal and "terrorist-like" behaviour of the Myanmar military https://youtu.be/s1BdSpEf9CM

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