Special Advisory Council for MYANMAR message: “living in Myanmar and its prisons is like hell - the military junta does not care who lives or dies.” Zue Padonmar, member of the Karenni State Interim Executive Council (IEC), described Karenni State as a junta “killing field” yet spoke of the IEC’s critical role as a “people-led governance structure” and a “decentralized interim government that prioritizes community participation and decision-making at all levels while ensuring 35% of leadership roles [are] filled by women.” Noor Azizah, a Rohingya refugee advocate, recounted her recent visit to Cox’s Bazar while pressing that conditions for safe, dignified and voluntary returns of Rohingya to Myanmar do not exist: “return without rights is not a solution”. In the interactive dialogue, the European Union–penholder on the March Myanmar resolution–condemned the junta for acts that “stand not only as gross violations of human rights, but may also constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity”, and called for “stability, peaceful reconciliation, and for the swift establishment of a transparent, inclusive and credible democratic process, including through dialogue between all stakeholders”. Malaysia, current ASEAN Chair, called for continued support from the international community and for a “durable and peaceful resolution that is Myanmar-owned and Myanmar-led” and “achieved through a genuine trust building process and inclusive national dialogue”. The OIC expressed its alarm “at the diminishing global attention to the humanitarian needs of Rohingya��� as well as its hope that the High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar to be held in New York on 30 September “will provide a clear pathway for the expedited solution of the Rohingya crisis in a sustainable manner”. The OIC’s resolution on Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar contains strong new language, including: • condemnation of the military junta’s gross, deliberate, widespread and indiscriminate human rights violations and abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, and of reported violations and abuses including the burning of villages, forced displacement, the deliberate targeting of civilians, forced conscription and arbitrary detention • condemnation of the military’s deliberate obstruction of humanitarian assistance and systematic restrictions of humanitarian access, including the arrest, detention @SpecialCouncil info@specialadvisorycouncil.org www.specialadvisorycouncil.org special-council.bsky.social