UNSC fails, again

MYANMAR has been mired in mayhem for the last 15 months and all the United Nations Security Council, a talkfest at best, can do is quarrel about whether “limited” or “slow” is the right word to describe the military regime’s implementation of Asean’s five-point plan in ending the crisis. Britain, which initiated the draft, is hung up on “limited”. Perhaps to the Brits, “limited” reflects the little that has been done by the military regime led by Min Aung Hlaing to bring peace to the country. To China, “limited” is being condescending to the regime. Beijing prefers “slow”, one meaning of which is “moderate”. Let’s be blunt. Both are wrong. There is just no progress, neither on the five-…