UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon calls for unity in Myanmar

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on Myanmar’s President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to show “full determination and common leadership and partnership” in pursuit of change.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on Myanmar’s President Thein Sein and opposition leader and pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi to work together in pursuit of change in the south-east Asian nation.
In the first ever address by a foreign dignitary to Myanmar’s fledgling parliament, Ban praised both leaders’ “vision, leadership and courage,” adding that “full determination and common leadership and partnership” will be vital if the country is to “meet the challenge of reconciliation and development,” the BBC reports.
Saying the country had reached a critical point on the path to change, Ban called on the parties in Myanmar to “summon the political will to make lasting change” and rise above political differences to tackle the greater interests of the country’s people, whose expectations were high.