Illegal and Illegitimate: Examining the Myanmar Military's Claim as the Government of Myanmar and the International Response

<ul> <li>11:30 – 11:40 Welcome and Introduction Ambassador Robert Rae, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations and Chair of the Group of Friends of Myanmar</li> <li>11:40 – 12:50 - Presentation of Illegal and Illegitimate: Examining the Myanmar Military’s Claim as the Government of Myanmar and the International Response - UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews - Presentation of Elections at a crossing point: Considerations for electoral design in post-coup Myanmar – Marcus Brand, Head of Myanmar Programme, International IDEA</li> <li>12:50 – 13:00 Discussion and Q&A, Closing</li> </ul> Going into the third year of its coup, the Myanmar military junta, which has set up a “State Administrative Council (SAC)”, is still desperately seeking legitimacy and is orchestrating a legitimacy-seeking campaign in what it will describe as an “election” by August 2023. The UN Special Rapporteur will discuss the junta’s attempts to gain legitimacy, Member States’ responses to the junta, and the UN Special Rapporteur’s recommendations for finding solutions to the crisis in a more cohesive and coherent manner in 2023.