Winnipeg Free Press By: Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press Posted: Save to Read Later
UNITED NATIONS (AP) A senior U.S. diplomat urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to press Myanmar’s military to stop violence and restore democracy, warning that with COVID-19 surging and hunger increasing, “the longer we delay, the more people die.”
People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus ride a motorcycle past a Health Ministry public information campaign billboard about proper hand washing in Shwe Pyi Thar township in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) A senior U.S. diplomat urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to press Myanmar’s military to stop violence and restore democracy, warning that with COVID-19 surging and hunger increasing, “the longer we delay, the more people die.”
US urges UN Council to press Myanmar to return to democracy
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press
July 29, 2021
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1of9People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus ride a motorcycle past a Health Ministry public information campaign billboard about proper hand washing in Shwe Pyi Thar township in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday, July 28, 2021.TheinZaw/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9A man carries an oxygen tank as he walks past people waiting with oxygen tanks in need of refill outside the Naing oxygen factory at the South Dagon industrial zone in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Myanmar is currently reeling from soaring numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths that are badly straining the country’s medical infrastructure.APShow MoreShow Less
Myanmar is reeling from a surge in COVID-19 cases and faces a burgeoning health catastrophe
United Nations: A senior US diplomat urged the UN Security Council on Thursday (July 29) to press Myanmar s military to stop violence and restore democracy, warning that with COVID-19 surging and hunger increasing, the longer we delay, the more people die. Deputy US Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis said Myanmar is reeling from a surge in COVID-19 cases and faces a burgeoning health catastrophe as a direct result of the military s brutality and administrative failures since its coup six months ago.
The violence and the military crackdown that followed have also displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and up to 2.8 million additional people may be facing food shortages, he said.
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