<p>Civil society calls on UN to Retain Myanmar&rsquo;s Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun&rsquo;s accreditation to the UN, amid fears Myanmar people could be &lsquo;robbed of their rightful voice&rsquo; by the military junta</p>

<p>On 9&nbsp;September&nbsp;2021, over 60 former and current parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia have signed an&nbsp;open letter&nbsp;to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, urging his administration to take urgent action to support human rights and democracy in Myanmar, and express concern about its stated policy to wait on action by the ASEAN.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Southeast Asian parliamentarians have responded warily to the&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://aseanmp.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D88dabc094b65d7801c004ec98%26id%3D298ef80540%26e%3D8250da8729&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628179230526000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEfs3zWyBb_R4VgZMXmz2vQzAneug" href="https://aseanmp.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88dabc094b65d7801c004ec98&amp;id=298ef80540&amp;e=8250da8729" target="_blank">decision by ASEAN</a>&nbsp;to appoint Brunei&rsquo;s Foreign Affairs Minister II Erywan Yusof as its special envoy to Myanmar, urging him to take immediate and decisive action to put an end to the military&rsquo;s bloodshed and chaos.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Southeast Asian lawmakers call on ASEAN governments to take more inclusive measures to protect everyone against Covid-19 regardless of their migration status.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Southeast Asian parliamentarians warned of the potential health risks&nbsp;following the&nbsp;the Ming Dih Chemical factory explosion in Samut Prakan and urged the Thai government to&nbsp;take immediate and long-term action to tackle the impacts.&nbsp;</p>

<p>As&nbsp;the ASEAN Secretary-General and a representative of the ASEAN Chair, Brunei, are&nbsp;<a href="https://aseanmp.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88dabc094b65d7801c004ec98&amp;id=0be38daf70&amp;e=8250da8729" target="_blank">expected</a>&nbsp;to visit Myanmar this week, parliamentarians across Southeast Asia urge them to hold the military accountable for its blatant disregard of the five-point consensus, and to meet with all major stakeholders in Myanmar, <a href="https://aseanmp.org/2021/06/02/ahead-of-expected-visit-asean-must-hold-myanmar-military-accountable/">ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)</a> said today.</p>

<p>One month since the ASEAN Leaders&rsquo; Meeting on Myanmar, parliamentarians across Southeast Asia urge the regional bloc to ensure the immediate and effective implementation of the Five-Point Consensus, and to hold the military accountable for its blatant disregard of the agreement.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Almost 300 sitting parliamentarians from around the world have&nbsp;<a href="https://aseanmp.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88dabc094b65d7801c004ec98&amp;id=309a82ddee&amp;e=8250da8729" target="_blank">signed a statement</a>&nbsp;calling for the immediate and unconditional release of their colleagues in Myanmar, as well as all those arbitrarily detained since the February 1 military coup, and for democracy and the rule of law to be upheld in the country.&nbsp;</p>

<p>JAKARTA - 20 April 2021: Regional lawmakers have today called on ASEAN to extend an invitation to Myanmar&rsquo;s newly-established National Unity Government (NUG) for its special summit on the country, which will take place on Saturday in Jakarta, Indonesia.</p>

<p>The savage and cowardly acts of the Myanmar military over the weekend, during which an estimated 100 people, including children, were killed further highlighted the need for the international community to step up and take actions to effectively stranglehold the Myanmar military&rsquo;s activities, regional parliamentarians said on 29 March.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The state of emergency declared by the Thai authorities one year ago in an effort to curb the Covid-19 pandemic has been used as an excuse to crack down on fundamental freedoms and should be lifted, say regional lawmakers.&nbsp;</p>