Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun urges UN to reject Myanmar military junta, hold perpetrators accountable, and stand with the people

Mizzima

Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, called on the international community on 6 October to reject the Myanmar military junta completely, hold the perpetrators of crimes accountable, and stand resolutely with the people of Myanmar.

He made the appeal at a meeting of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

He said that in the more than five years since the junta seized power, Myanmar has been plunged into multiple crises that deprive citizens of their basic rights to social development.

He said the junta’s indiscriminate airstrikes and deliberate destruction of civilian targets have displaced more than 4 million people and that over 16.2 million people face food insecurity.

He added that forced military conscription is destroying the future of young people, and that citizens’ daily lives are a constant struggle for survival amid profound uncertainty.

He said the junta, which he accused of committing grave war crimes against its own people, can never be a partner for social development. He urged the international community to recognize the contrast, saying that only the National Unity Government (NUG), ethnic partners, and revolutionary forces are actively protecting and building the social development of the people.

He urged UN agencies and the international community to take immediate action on three points: to reject and deny recognition to the junta, to hold those who commit atrocities accountable, and to stand firmly with the people of Myanmar in their struggle for justice, human dignity, and the establishment of a federal democratic union.