Myanmar: Human Rights Press Conference - UN Special Rapporteur | United Nations

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (special rapporteur briefing) · October 30, 2025

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Tom Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, presented a report to the UN General Assembly's third committee addressing the deteriorating situation in Myanmar.

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Tom Andrews, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, held a press briefing in New York to describe sharply worsening humanitarian conditions, blockade of aid, increasing air strikes and attacks on health workers, and to call the scheduled elections a sham. He cited earthquake damage and weapon flows from Russia, China and Singapore as drivers of the crisis and urged UN member states to cut the juntas access to weapons, money and legitimacy. Reporters asked about China-brokered truces, the international response and the role of education for persecuted minorities.

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