Editing Foreign relations of Myanmar (section)

===Ireland===
{{see also|Foreign relations of Ireland}}
The Government of Ireland established diplomatic relations with Myanmar on a non-resident basis on 10 February 2004. The Irish Government was still concerned about the [[arbitrary detention]] of the opposition leader [[Aung San Suu Kyi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=25837 |title=Department of Foreign Affairs – Ireland establishes diplomatic relations with Myanmar (Burma) |publisher=Dfa.ie |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-date=21 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321102943/https://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=25837 |url-status=live }}</ref> Burma Action Ireland is a pro-democracy group that freely operates in the Republic of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.burmaactionireland.org/cont.html |title=Burma Action Ireland |publisher=Burma Action Ireland |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-date=27 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427223928/http://www.burmaactionireland.org/cont.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88630 |title=Free Burma – Indymedia Ireland |publisher=Indymedia.ie |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116010425/http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88630 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ireland supported a UN commission of inquiry and international level monitoring of Myanmar after 2008, as part of their efforts to support democracy and human rights movements in Myanmar. This became public knowledge after official papers were leaked in September 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mizzima.com/news/world/4405-ireland-weighs-in-on-un-inquiry-into-burma-abuses.html |title=Ireland weighs in on UN inquiry into Burma abuses |publisher=Mizzima.com |date=25 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501000521/http://www.mizzima.com/news/world/4405-ireland-weighs-in-on-un-inquiry-into-burma-abuses.html |archive-date=1 May 2011}}</ref>