"ASEAN supports Myanmar seeking a long-term solution to restore stability," Balakrishnan said, adding that "Singapore will work with ASEAN and Myanmar to extend humanitarian assistance to all affected communities."
On Monday, Myanmar denied ethnic cleansing in Rakhine, saying Rohingya rebels conscripted Muslim men and intimidated women and children to flee into neighboring Bangladesh to call attention to their cause.
"Let me be clear there is no ethnic cleansing; there is no genocide, said Hau Do Suan, the Myanmar ambassador to the United Nations, speaking at the end of the annual UN General Assembly general debate, exercising his right of reply "to the irresponsible remarks made about my country."
Stephane Dujarric, chief UN spokesman, said earlier Monday that some 436,000 refugees, mostly women and children, from northern Rakhine have arrived in Bangladesh.
Nuclear weapons and refugees were far from the only concerns voiced among the 196 speakers during the week-long debate. Nearly every state expressed problems it was dealing with. It was the first time in 11 years all 193 member states plus the three observers -- Palestine, the Holy See and the European Union -- have spoken.
Most-mentioned challenges were migration, sectarianism, xenophobia, economic recovery, youth unemployment, gender equality, cybersecurity, transnational crimes such as illegal drugs and human trafficking, hotspots in Africa, Syria, Venezuela, the Middle East and climate change.
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