Despite repeated calls from the United Nations and ASEAN for Myanmar’s military junta to end its violent campaign, the country’s situation continues to deteriorate, with civilians suffering the worst hardships to date, according to U Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Speaking on June 10 at a special informal session of the UN General Assembly on Myanmar, convened by the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, U Kyaw Moe Tun warned that the political, security, economic, humanitarian, and human rights conditions in Myanmar have worsened severely. He said the tragic situation that has unfolded over the past four years has significantly damaged the country’s development and left civilians facing unprecedented levels of suffering.
He stressed the urgent need for an immediate halt to junta airstrikes and bombings targeting civilians. Although the UN and ASEAN have consistently called for an end to the junta’s violence, member states must also cease all support — including weapons, ammunition, aircraft fuel, and financial resources — to the junta, whether directly or indirectly. Continued assistance to the military only enables its brutal campaign against civilians, he said.
Myanmar civilians continue to endure extreme atrocities including killings, arbitrary arrests, forced conscription, sexual violence, enforced disappearances, impunity, and relentless aerial bombings. U Kyaw Moe Tun urged the international community to take effective and urgent action to resolve the crisis and protect the lives and future of the Myanmar people.
