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June 21, 2021

U.N. Resolution Condemns Coup in Burma, Stops Short of Calling for Arms Embargo As Crisis Deepens
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The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution condemning the February 1
military coup in Burma and to "prevent the flow of arms" into Burma amid
the months-long deadly crackdown on protests. The international body
stopped short, however, of calling for a global arms embargo against the
Burmese military. Burma's U.N. representative Kyaw Moe Tun responded to
the resolution.

Kyaw Moe Tun: "We are so disappointed that it took almost three months
to adopt this watered-down resolution, even though it does not include
many important points to save lives of the people in Myanmar."

Kyaw Moe Tun, who has remained in his official U.N. post despite his
sharp criticism of the coup and the military junta, also warned time was
running out to reverse the military takeover and prevent a full-blown
civil war. A local rights group estimates at least 872 people have been
killed by the military junta since the coup, and hundreds of thousands
have had to flee, particularly ethnic minorities from the states of
Kayah and Kayin.


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