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As the dust settles on the US-Asean Summit in Washington, a clear path forward is emerging for Asean on Myanmar. The 10-member regional bloc finally took steps towards resolving Myanmar's junta-made crisis when Malaysia's foreign minister, Saifuddin Abdullah, held an informal meeting with his counterpart from Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG), and proposed to Asean that it do the same. But with the situation inside Myanmar now a massive humanitarian emergency, its people cannot wait any longer for Asean to act. Asean must call for a massive global humanitarian response to the crisis if it has any hope of saving its credibility.
One year after the bloc’s failed Five-Point Consensus was agreed, western countries were also criticized for a lack of action and standing behind ASEAN’s hollow words.