Draft UN statement calls on Myanmar junta to allow free discussion on constitution referendumEDITH M. LEDERER
U.N. officials say that Myanmar’s escalating conflict and worst violence since the military takeover in 2021 are having a devastating impact on human rights, fundamental freedoms and basic needs of millions of people.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned about the situation in Myanmar, including the increasing use of force and the reported deployment of additional armored vehicles to major cities, his spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday. "He calls on Myanmar's military and police ...
“General Min Aung Hlaing has inflicted on the people of Myanmar violence of a scale not seen in southeast Asia since Pol Pot unleashed the Khmer Rouge’s reign of terror on Cambodia,” Gunness said in a statement. Damian Lilly, an Accountability Project official, urged the United Nations to...
The UN Security Council on Monday issued a presidential statement on Myanmar, the first such statement on the country in 10 years, demanding an end to the "excessive use of military force" in Rakhine State and the creation of conditions for the safe return of the refugees. ...
Under the agreement, the UNHCR will join hands with Myanmar government in implementation of voluntary repatriation, in conducting assessments at their potential pilot project sites and will work with UNDP in preparation for recovery and resilience-based development in potential area, a statement of the...
“The people of Myanmar have the right to assemble peacefully and demand the restoration of democracy”, said OHCHR spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, in a statement issued on Sunday. “These fundamental rights must be respected by the military and police, not met with violent and bloody repression...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is sending special envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Myanmar amid reports of political turmoil in the Southeast Asian country, said a UN statement Wednesday. Ban called on Myanmar's government to "cooperate fully with this mission ...
The statement said Myanmar opposes any country's specific resolution which gives rise to polarization, division and confrontation, and it does not reflect the principles of the UNHRC such as impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity. The draft resolution was focusing on a particular group of peop...
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council must always act with caution over Myanmar, said a Chinese envoy on Wednesday after the council adopted a resolution on Myanmar that demands an immediate end to all forms of violence throughout the country and urges restraint and de...