The move comes after calls for more aggressive action from diplomat Kyaw Moe Tun, who is still recognized by the United Nations as Myanmar’s ambassador.
UN Calls for Halt of Weapons to Myanmar
The U.N. General Assembly on Friday called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including leader Aung …
Blasts in Myanmar’s biggest city kill 2, destroy army truck
At least two explosions on Friday rocked a neighborhood in Myanmar’s biggest city, killing two people, destroying a military truck and damaging a taxi in what appeared to be a serious escalation of …
U.N. set to adopt resolution condemning Myanmar’s military junta
The move comes after calls for more aggressive action on the part of diplomat Kyaw Moe Tun, who is still recognized by the U.N. as Myanmar’s ambassador.
U.N. chief urges General Assembly to act on Myanmar
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres pushed the 193-member General Assembly on Friday to tell Myanmar’s military that democracy must be reinstated, political detainees must be freed and human rights abuses and …
U.N. draft resolution calls for arms embargo, return to democratic transition in Myanmar
The U.N. General Assembly is expected to approve a resolution calling for an arms embargo on Myanmar and the restoration of its democratic transition.
UN proposal seeks arms embargo and democracy in Myanmar
The U.N. General Assembly is expected to approve a resolution calling on Myanmar’s junta to restore the country’s democratic transition and for all countries “to prevent the flow of arms into Myanmar, …
UN Assembly to vote on resolution condemning Myanmar military
Myanmar’s UN envoy, Kyaw Moe Tun, calls for ‘effective collective measures’ including arms embargo against the country.
The U.N. Voices Alarm Over the Growing Abuse of Civilians in Myanmar’s Conflict
The U.N. office in Myanmar cited abuses by both sides, calling for the respect of “international human rights norms” …
Myanmar migrant workers work abroad to feed their families. Now they can’t send the money home
Su and her husband are among the 1.7 million Myanmar nationals working in neighboring Thailand, according to the Migrant Workers Group, and part of a vital network of overseas workers who support …