CaMUNews - UN envoy to visit Myanmar to urge calm

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday said he is sending his special envoy on Myanmar to the Southeast Asian country to urge the military regime there to exercise restraint, a move that comes as police have started to violently crack down on monks and other protesters. Ban's office urged the regime to refrain from harming peaceful demonstrators and to cooperate with the envoy, Ibrahim Gambari. Meanwhile, China blocked efforts in the UN Security Council to condemn the military junta's crackdown on the protests. CNN (9/27) , The Washington Times (9/27) , The New York Times (9/27)