Response to Myanmar conflict 'not working'

Response to Myanmar conflict 'not working' – UN envoy

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 11, 2024 12:12 am

SYDNEY, Australia — Global efforts to stop Myanmar's civil war were 'clearly not working,' a United Nations expert warned on Thursday as he urged leaders to starve that country's ruling junta of 'money, weapons and legitimacy.'

Describing a situation that has 'gone from bad, to worse, to horrific,' UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews said more than 3 million people had been displaced by fighting in the Southeast Asian nation in as many years.

ANTI-JUNTA ARMS Members of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force check their weapons at a camp near the city of Loikaw, Kayah or Karenni state, eastern Myanmar, on Nov. 11, 2023. EPA FILE PHOTO

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