During the Panglong World Conference at Myanmar capital Naypyidaw the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Myanmar leaders to follow a path to democratization and create a federal state, based on equal rights and self-determination.

The UN Secretary-General noted that the current conference was the first peace initiative in the last 70 years in the country, where the conflict and disagreements between the government and the armed ethnic groups had been raging. 

Ban Ki-moon recalled the tragic consequences of the protracted civil war in Myanmar, as well as the fact that in many parts of the world tragedies are caused due to refusal of the authorities to listen to their peoples and take into account their desire for democratization. He called on Myanmar leaders to prevent the military methods of settling disputes.

 The Secretary General said that the UN will continue to support Myanmar's peace-building process and efforts proceeding from the interests of all the residents of the country, directed at the maintaining of legality and human rights.