UN Documents for Myanmar
Selected Security Council Resolutions | View All |
21 December 2022 S/RES/2669 | This was a resolution on the situation in Myanmar. Among other matters, the resolution demanded an immediate end to all forms of violence throughout the country and requested that the Secretary-General or his Special Envoy, in coordination with the ASEAN Special Envoy, report orally to the Council on UN support for the implementation of ASEAN's Five-Point-Consensus by 15 March 2023. |
10 April 1948 S/RES/45 | This resolution recommended Myanmar (Burma) for UN membership. |
Selected Security Council Presidential Statements | View All |
10 March 2021 S/PRST/2021/5 | This presidential statement expressed support for the democratic process in Myanmar, condemned the violence, and emphasised the need to pursue dialogue and reconciliation. |
6 November 2017 S/PRST/2017/22 | This was a presidential statement on the situation in the Rakhine. |
2 May 2008 S/PRST/2008/13 | This was the presidential statement noting the commitment of the Myanmar government that the referendum would be free and fair and underlining the need for the government of Myanmar to “establish the conditions and crate an atmosphere conducive to an inclusive and credible process”. |
Selected Secretary-General's Reports | View All |
17 December 2020 S/2020/1243 | This was the Secretary-General's sixth report on children and armed conflict in Myanmar. |
29 October 2018 S/2018/956 | This was the Secretary-General's report on children and armed conflict in Myanmar. |
22 December 2017 S/2017/1099 | This was the Secretary-General's report on Children and Armed Conflict in Myanmar. |
Selected Security Council Letters | View All |
22 March 2022 S/2022/258 | This was the summary of the IEG’s 4 March meeting on Myanmar. |
24 January 2020 S/2020/67 | This was a letter from the Secretary-General conveying the notice of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order indicating provisional measures in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar). |
22 July 2019 S/2019/591 | This was the summary of the meeting on Myanmar held by the Group on 4 June 2019. |
Selected Security Council Meeting Records | View All |
28 February 2019 S/PV.8477 | This was a briefing on the situation in Myanmar by Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener, who visited the country at the end of January. |
24 October 2018 S/PV.8381 Resumption 1 | Marzuki Darusman, the chair of the Independent International Fact‑Finding Mission on Myanmar, briefed the Council on the Mission’s 27 August report. |
24 October 2018 S/PV.8381 | Marzuki Darusman, the chair of the Independent International Fact‑Finding Mission on Myanmar, briefed the Council on the Mission’s 27 August report. |
Selected Security Council Press Statements | View All |
29 December 2021 SC/14754 | This was a press statement on Myanmar, in which Council members condemned the reported killing of at least 35 people, including four children and two staff of Save the Children, in Kayah State on 24 December. |
10 November 2021 SC/14697 | This was a press statement on Mynamar |
4 February 2021 SC/14430 | This statement expressed deep concern at the declaration of the state of emergency and the arbitrary detention of members of the government. |
Selected General Assembly Documents | View All |
30 October 2020 A/C.3/75/L.34 | This was the resolution on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. |
31 October 2017 A/C.3/72/L.48 | This was the resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar adopted by the Third Committee. |
15 September 2010 A/65/368 | This contained the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar since March 2010. |
Selected Human Rights Council Documents | View All |
12 September 2018 A/HRC/39/64 | This was the report of the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar. |
10 March 2010 A/HRC/13/48 | This was the report from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar. |
7 March 2008 A/HRC/7/24 | This was a report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, covering the period from December 2007 to March 2008. |
Selected Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict Documents | View All |
16 August 2013 S/AC.51/2013/2 | This document contains the conclusions of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict on Myanmar. |
28 October 2009 S/AC.51/2009/4 | These were the conclusions on Myanmar. |
Selected Other Documents | View All |
19 May 2023 Arria-formula Meeting Concept Note: Myanmar | This was an Arria-formula meeting convened by the UK on 19 May 2023 on Myanmar. |
8 September 2017 A/72/382 | This was the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. |
12 January 2007 S/2007/14 | This was a draft resolution on the situation in Myanmar which was vetoed by China and Russia. |