The UN Human Rights Envoy to Burma Mr Paulo Sergio Pinheiro has arrived in Rangoon for a three-day visit.
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He said he would be delighted if the military government allowed him meet Nobel Peace Prize-winner Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the country's pro-democracy opposition.
Mr Pinheiro, a Brazilian who took over as UN special rapporteur on Burma in November, has already met Secretary One of the ruling State Peace and Development Council, Lieut-Gen Khin Nyunt and the Foreign Minister Win Aung.
"I am here at the invitation of the government. It is an exploratory visit and I hope I have the privilege to [carry on my] mission in this country."
Asked if he expected to meet representatives of the opposition National League for Democracy and its leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, Mr Pinheiro replied: "I just don't know the details of the programme. It is an open visit. I don't have any expectation but I would be delighted to have a chance [to meet her]."
The NLD won Myanmar's most recent general election in 1990 by a landslide but has never been allowed to govern. Ms Suu Kyi has been held under de facto house arrest since September with access to her severely restricted.