The head of the U.N. body investigating the most serious crimes in Myanmar said Friday that evidence shows a widespread, systematic attack on civilians since the army s February takeover.
The head of the U.N. body investigating the most serious crimes in Myanmar said that preliminary evidence collected since the military seized power on Feb. 1 shows a widespread and systematic attack on civilians "amounting to crimes against humanity."
Millions of dollars in pandemic relief funding from the IMF have gone missing under the military regime, even while Myanmar battles a surge of COVID-19 cases.
The outgoing UN envoy for Myanmar says “civil war” has spread throughout the country and the international community should consider measures aimed at replacing the military junta’s leaders with people who are more constructive and want to find a peaceful solution to the army’s ouster of the elected government.
UN Special Envoy to Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener, whose three-and-a-half-year term ends today, said in an interview that the measures could be sanctions imposed by individual countries or by the UN Security Council, “but it’s up to them.”
She proposed holding “an all-inclusive dialogue” with Burmese Deputy Prime Minister Soe Win on July