JAKARTA: An independent expert working with the United Nations on the issue of human rights in Myanmar urged the international community on Wednesday to find a different approach to resolve the crisis in the Southeast Asian country, saying the current course of action is not working.

Tom Andrews, a special rapporteur working with the UN's human rights office, told a news conference in Indonesia's capital Jakarta the world was looking to Indonesia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) for leadership on the situation in Myanmar.

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