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UN Security Council briefed on escalating violence in Myanmar as UK urges action
Summary
British and other speakers told the Security Council that four years after the 2021 coup violence in Myanmar has intensified, leaving thousands dead, millions displaced and urgent humanitarian needs. The UK said it circulated a draft resolution five months ago; speakers called for stopping arms and fuel supplies and for the Council to act.
The United Nations Security Council heard briefings Wednesday on the intensifying violence in Myanmar and calls for stronger international action, including efforts to halt shipments of weapons and jet fuel to the country’s military.
The UK ambassador, opening the meeting, said the council had convened to discuss “Myanmar” and warned that the military’s campaign since the 2021 coup has produced “more than 6,000 Myanmar civilians” killed and a dramatic rise in air strikes. The ambassador said the UK circulated a draft resolution five months ago urging parties to cease attacks on civilians, comply with international humanitarian law and stop transfers of weapons and fuel to the military, but that “a small minority has prevented the council from taking such action.”
Ambassador Kiai Motun said the coup will reach four years in two days and urged immediate steps. “The people of Myanmar…
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