<span style="color: #222222;">The United Nations has warned that February's military takeover has led to armed conflict and if power isn't returned to the people in a democratic way the country  will go in the direction of a failed state.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The UN special envoy for Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener told a UN news conference yesterday that conflict between the military, and civilians and ethnic minorities which took power on 1st February is intensifying in many parts of the country.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">She said ,the repression of the military has led to more than 1,180 deaths. Burgener added that the army uses a range of tactics against civilian populations, including burning villages, looting properties, mass arrests, torture and execution of prisoners, gender-based violence and random artillery fire into residential areas</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Schraner Burgener said the military is conducting clearing operations in Chin and several other states and there is continued fighting in Kachin and Shan states, </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As for recognition of the military junta, Schraner Burgener said the nine-member General Assembly credentials committee, which is expected to meet in November, will decide whether it takes over Myanmar's UN seat now held by the ambassador appointed by Suu Kyi's government.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">She stressed" that the UN  want to respect the will of the people  which reflected  last November when Suu Kyi's party won 80% of the vote.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Schraner Burgener said the decision of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations not to invite the junta leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, to their upcoming summit is "a clear signal that they also agreed together that the current situation is unacceptable. </span>