A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
A country in Southeast Asia that is located partially on the Indian subcontinent and has borders with Bangladesh, China, India, Laos and Thailand.
1So far, however, Myanmar has not faced international sanctions over the violence.
2Ban said Myanmar's government had nothing to fear from U.N. humanitarian officials.
3Myanmar's ambassador in Geneva denied his government arrested people for political reasons.
4China has continued to provide broad diplomatic support for Myanmar's military government.
5Many Western countries have economic and military sanctions in place against Myanmar.
6Myanmar will hope to ease growing international pressure by striking the agreement.
7These included long pipelines connecting China with Russia, Central Asia and Myanmar.
8Elections take place this weekend in Myanmar after decades of military rule.
9Myanmar has experienced slowly rising levels of contraceptive use in recent years.
10The Myanmar government and police did not respond to questions from Reuters.
11Analysts say Myanmar wants to join the global economy and attract investment.
12Gambari briefed the Security Council last week on the situation in Myanmar.
13The United Nations has condemned the Myanmar military campaign as ethnic cleansing.
14Though rich in natural resources, Myanmar is one of Asia's poorest countries.
15But they had not yet been given visas by the Myanmar government.
16Myanmar's military and police did not immediately respond to requests for comment.