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ASEAN must step up pressure on Myanmar junta: UN expert
ASEAN must step up pressure on Myanmar junta: UN expert
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by  AFP

Southeast Asia's regional bloc must increase pressure on Myanmar's junta or there will be more death and suffering, a UN expert warned Thursday, after a long period of stalled diplomacy. Efforts by the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to bring peace to the country -- which is a member of the bloc -- have stalled as fighting continues to rage.