That resolution “included unfounded and one-sided allegations”, the junta’s foreign affairs ministry said in a statement published in the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
“Therefore, Myanmar categorically rejects the resolution.”
The statement also said the UN had made “no official communication to Myanmar” regarding last week’s appointment of a new UN special envoy to the country.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop to the post, which has been vacant since the departure in June 2023 of Noeleen Heyzer.
The Singaporean sociologist was tasked with urging the military to engage in political dialogue with opposing groups and end a bloody crackdown it launched after toppling the government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
She visited the Southeast Asian nation in 2022 and met junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and other top military officials in a move criticised by rights groups as lending legitimacy to the generals.
But she was denied a meeting with detained democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi and later irked junta officials who accused her of issuing a “one-sided statement” of what had been discussed.
She later vowed not to visit the country again unless she was allowed to meet Aung San Suu Kyi, who is currently serving a 27-year jail sentence handed down by a closed-door junta court.
Myanmar’s UN envoy Kyaw Moe Tun was appointed by Aung San Suu Kyi’s government and has refused to leave his post despite the junta’s insistence that he no longer represents the country.
AFP has asked the UN for comment.
Source: CNA
