According to the report presented, Myanmar's predicament is a "problem not only for the Southeast Asian region but for all the international community".
Washington (AsiaNews/Agencies) The former president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel and Nobel Peace Laureate Mgr Desmond Tutu, who for many years was Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, have called the attention of the UN Security Council to the urgency of implementing reforms in Myanmar (former Burma).
In a document of more than 70 pages, the two men compared the situation in Myanmar to that in other countries where the Security Council intervened like Haiti, Afghanistan and Rwanda declaring that the situation in this Southeast Asian state was "much more serious".
"In these years, it has clearly emerged that the situation in Burma causes a series of problems which go beyond lack of respect for human rights. This country is a problem not only for the entire Southeast Asian region but for all the international community," said the report which concluded: "We base ourselves on the information in this report and ask the intervention of the Security Council. It is necessary to preserve peace, security and stability, as well as to favour national reconciliation."
Jared Genser, an American lawyer who contributed to drawing up the report, went to the United Kingdom last week to present the document to English politicians and media.