GENEVA: Myanmar's junta is already facing an "existential threat" but the world could help end its "nightmare" rule with coordinated sanctions, the UN special rapporteur on the country said Wednesday (Mar 20).
The junta came to power in the February 2021 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically elected government GENEVA: Myanmar's junta is already facing an"existential threat" but the world could help end its"nightmare" rule with coordinated sanctions, the UN special rapporteur on the country said Wednesday .
"Those who have bet on the junta to restore order and stability in Myanmar have made a losing bet," he said.that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically elected government, ending a 10-year experiment with democracy and plunging the Southeast Asian nation into bloody turmoil.Myanmar junta's access to arms, cash must be cut off, UN rights chief says
"The junta is the principal driver of violence, instability, economic decline, and lawlessness in the country," Andrews said.Special rapporteurs are mandated by the UN Human Rights Council but are independent experts who do not speak for the United Nations.He cited Singapore, which has clamped down on sales of equipment for military use, and such transfers fell by 83 per cent last year, Andrews told a press conference in Geneva.
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