People protest in front of the Yangon UN office on 21 February 2024 (Photo – AFP)
Mizzima
At the UN Security Council meeting last week, Kyaw Moe Tun, the Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations claimed that he was “disappointed” that the Security Council was ignoring the voice of the Burmese people, despite repeated requests for effective measures to save the lives of the people.
Kyaw Moe Tun pointed out the current situation in Myanmar, implicating the rising conflicts, the violence and reckless attacks on civilians by the junta troops, and the results of no accountability mechanism in the international community in the troops’ continuity of committing atrocities by ignoring the demands of the Security Council.
At the conference on 22 May, Kyaw Moe Tun stated that ignorance led to the loss of many innocent lives, including Rohingya, and the loss of homes and property by civilians across the nation, including the Rakhine region.
The international community also holds the responsibility for the loss of civilian lives and the failure to protect the lives and property of civilians in Myanmar.
The Security Council is required to set the course, filling the accountability gap by transferring the Myanmar issue to the International Criminal Court and deciding on an effective resolution as a follow-up to Security Council Resolution 2669, Kyaw Moe Tun said.
He added that before the Security Council takes effective action, he requested the international community to respect the rule of not forcibly repatriating those seeking political asylum and to provide other necessary protections.
Kyaw Moe Tun further pointed out that the Security Council should immediately impose effective measures, cutting off the flow of weapons, finance, and jet fuel to the military regime.
Since the 2021 military coup, over 5,100 civilians have been killed by the regime, three million people were displaced, and more than 18.6 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, Kyaw Moe Tun reported.
