Summary: The present report is based upon the good offices efforts undertaken by the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy, Razali Ismail, in attempting to facilitate national reconciliation and democratization in Myanmar, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 58/247 of 23 December 2003. The discussions that the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy have had separately with the Myanmar authorities during the reporting period focused on the need for the latter to make the seven-step road map for democratic transition, announced by Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt on 30 August 2003, a credible vehicle for national reconciliation and democratization by ensuring that it was all-inclusive and transparent from the beginning. During his mission in March 2004, the Special Envoy explained the United Nations position to the Government, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy, as well as to representatives of other political parties and ethnic nationality groups. On 17 May, however, the National Convention was reconvened without the participation of the National League for Democracy and some ethnic nationality political parties. Moreover, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her deputy, U Tin Oo, who had been detained after the Depayin incident of 30 May 2003, remained under house arrest. Their status remains unchanged at the time of reporting. The Secretary-General is seriously concerned by the absence of an all-inclusive process of national reconciliation and democratization in Myanmar. Recalling the assurances given by the Government of Myanmar to his Special Envoy that the road map process would be all-inclusive, the Secretary-General urges Senior General Than Shwe and other senior leaders of the State Peace and Development Council to use the opportunity presented by the 9 July adjournment of the National Convention to lift, as a matter of priority, the remaining restrictions on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; to commence a substantive dialogue with her and her party immediately; to take the necessary steps to ensure that the National Convention process is all-inclusive and open; and to ensure that the views of the delegates, including those already articulated by the ethnic nationality ceasefire groups, are adequately taken into account. Those actions, if taken, would provide the basis of a credible forum for a tripartite dialogue among the Government, the National League for Democracy and ethnic nationalities. In addition, the Secretary-General calls on the countries in the region, and especially the member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, to take a leading role in counselling the State Peace and Development Council to take the aforementioned steps. He also urges the Council to allow his Special Envoy to resume regular visits so that he can help to facilitate national reconciliation and democratization in the country. In that context, the Secretary-General notes with concern that repeated requests for his Special Envoy to be allowed to return to Myanmar (and similar requests made by the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro), have, to date, been considered ?not convenient? by the Myanmar authorities. Under the circumstances, there can be no escaping the conclusion that Myanmar has not cooperated to the maximum extent possible with the United Nations; consequently, the United Nations facilitation efforts have not been as effective as they could have been. The Secretary-General is nevertheless determined to continue providing his good offices, on the basis of successive General Assembly resolutions and in support of the people of Myanmar, who have hitherto been prevented from enjoying the same benefits of economic, social and political development as their counterparts in neighbouring countries.