UN expert urges Security Council action after Myanmar junta ceasefire violations

Mizzima

The UN Security Council should meet to consider a resolution addressing the ongoing attacks by the military junta in Myanmar, particularly in areas devastated by a major earthquake last month, according to Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar on 10 April.

The statement is as follows.

“After refusing to curtail its attacks to allow earthquake relief to reach those in need, the junta finally announced last week that it would suspend military operations,” said Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.“Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, it has chosen to violate its own ceasefire, launching dozens of new attacks with devastating results. Meanwhile, it continues to obstruct aid from reaching untold numbers of those in desperate need. This is making a terrible situation devastatingly worse,” the expert said.