"THE Alternate Leader of Myanmar Delegation to the 74th UNGA and Union Minister for International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin apprised the United Nations Secretary General and ASEAN Foreign Ministers on Myanmar’s cooperation with ASEAN in addressing the issue of Rakhine at the ASEAN-UN Ministerial Meeting (AUMM) held on 28 September 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters, New York. The President of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General and UN high-level officials also attended the meeting. The Union Minister made the brief intervention in response to United Nations Secretary General’s remarks calling for ASEAN to take an active and effective role in resolving the massive displacement of people from Rakhine State and the root causes of the problem at the Meeting. In his response, Union Minister U Kyaw Tin explained that the issue of Rakhine is one of the complex challenges faced by Myanmar on its nascent transition to democracy and the government is striving through a holistic approach for long term stability and sustainable development in the State. The government is now focusing on expediting repatriation and creating a conductive condition for the returnees and the local ethnic peoples in cooperation with ASEAN, UN and the development partners..."