Myanmar on Brink of Collapse Amid Escalating Conflict, Warns UN Envoy

Myanmar on path to destruction if violence doesn’t end, UN envoy says

A widespread armed struggle against military rule in Myanmar began in February 2021 after generals seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Myanmar has been a textbook case of the tragedies of socialism. While people are familiar with Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who tried to lead the nation to democracy and a market economy, the nation is better known for military dictatorship and political and economic repression.

Country Director for Myanmar At People in Need

Duty Station: Bangkok, Thailand; until successful registration in Myanmar Start Date: 4Q 2025/1Q 2026 About the Myanmar Programme at People in Need People in Need (PIN) is an international, non-profit organization providing humanitarian and development assistance around the world. In Myanmar, People in Need started to work in 2002, when it launched the financial assistance to civil society groups and provided humanitarian response to people affe…

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The NUG's close association with the ousted NLD government has prevented it from bringing the country's various armed groups under a single umbrella.

The War to Remake Myanmar

For many of the armed groups fighting across Myanmar, the goal is not only to defeat the military but to end the centralized state itself.

UN envoy to Myanmar warns that violence puts country on 'path to self-destruction'

The U.N. envoy to Myanmar is warning that the Southeast Asian country is on “a path to self-destruction” if the violence doesn’t end. Julie Bishop told the U.N. General Assembly