Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun urges UN action as Myanmar ‘s civilians face deadly attacks from the junta

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On 3 December, Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, sent a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres to highlight the worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis in Myanmar. Attached was an update on the situation in Myanmar as of September 2025.

Copies of the letter and the update were also sent to the President of the 80^th Session of the United Nationals General Assembly, Ms. Annalena Baerbock, as well as all Permanent Representatives and Permanent Observers to the UN.

The text of the letter is as follows.

I am writing to you to apprise you of the heart-breaking situation in Myanmar, where people are suffering from overlapping crises due to the violent acts committed by the inhumane military group against the people of Myanmar.

It has been over 58 months since the military attempted an illegal coup.

The military has brutally murdered 7,515 people. Over twenty-nine thousand have been arrested, detained, and tortured, and more than 3.5 million have been displaced. Almost 22 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.

Half of the population is now living under the national poverty line. The military junta has executed four democracy activists who were given death sentences, and the military courts have sentenced many civilians to years of imprisonment including life imprisonment without just cause.