NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, July 4 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday he's been turned down in his bid to visit Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
NEW YORK, June 29 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will press for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners on his visit to Myanmar, U.N. News said.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 25 (UPI) -- The military junta in Myanmar will let relief workers into the country to help cyclone victims, the U.N. chief said Sunday at a donor's conference in Yangon.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 21 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, en route to Myanmar, said Wednesday that aid to the stricken country "should not be politicized."
BRUSSELS, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The international relations arm of the European Union said it was "deeply concerned" Myanmar will fail to take appropriate steps toward democracy.
YANGON, Myanmar, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Authorities in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, have lifted curfews in the country's two largest cities nearly a month before they were to expire.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- ASEAN foreign ministers in a strongly worded statement asked the military junta in their member country Myanmar to stop the crackdown on its protesters.
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday a special U.N. envoy is being sent to the region in response to the crumbling situation in Myanmar.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on Myanmar to free all political prisoners, including democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon was approved by acclamation in the General Assembly to become the eighth U.N. secretary-general. Ban, 62, succeeds Secretary-General Kofi Annan when he steps down on Dec. 31 after serving two five-year terms.
