Chronology of UN Visits to Burma
A duty to investigate arises as soon as a UN member state or a designated global monitor such as the ICRC receives verifiable information that heinous crimes are occurring. Since 1990, eight envoys have been appointed by the United Nations system to facilitate dialogue between the junta and the pro-democracy forces, and to carry out fact-finding missions in Burma. The timeline below, created by ALTSEAN, chronicles the visits and reports of UN envoys to Burma, all of which have been met with silence.
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On 10 November, SLORC Secretary-1, Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt, told UN Special Rapporteur Yozo Yokota that it was "still too early" for a visit to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, but that it might be "perhaps possible in the future." When asked if the SLORC intended to release her on 20 July 1994, Khin Nyunt answered that it was still too early to say.
CHR, 49th session, 17 February 1993, E/CN.4/1993/37
UNGA, 48th session, 16 November 1993, A/48/578