UN Secretary-General: World has failed strife-torn Myanmar

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world has failed Myanmar, and is expressing hope the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be able to pressure the member state to comply with its plan for peace over the next year. ASEAN leaders at the group’s ongoing summit in Phnom Penh agreed on a plan Friday that largely puts the onus on Indonesia when it takes over the group’s rotating chair in 2023 to develop measurable indicators and a timeline for Myanmar to implement the so-called five-point consensus for peace. Guterres said Saturday he felt “the Indonesian government will be able to push forward the agenda in a positive way.”