Myanmar’s UN ambassador pleads for immediate global action to help overturn coup
Kyaw Moe Tun, remaining loyal to the civilian authorities ousted on February 1, delivered an impassioned speech whereas addressing the UN General Assembly on Friday.
“We need further strongest possible action from the international community to immediately end the military coup, to stop oppressing the innocent people, to return the state power to the people and to restore the democracy,” he stated.
The diplomat obtained a uncommon spherical of applause from his UN colleagues on the finish of the speech.
The new US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, praised the envoy’s “courageous” remarks.
“The United States continues to strongly condemn the military coup in Myanmar,” she stated Friday, addressing the meeting.
“And we condemn the security forces’ brutal killing of unarmed people.”
Thomas-Greenfield added that the US “will continue to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance, including to Rohingya and other vulnerable populations in Chin, Kachin, Rakhine, and Shan states.”
Myanmar was plunged into unrest when a navy coup ousted civilian chief Aung San Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi has been detained in her home within the capital because the coup.
The nation has since seen 21 consecutive days of anti-military protests, with demonstrations held in Mandalay and Yangon on Friday.
Earlier within the day, some protesters gathered peacefully outdoors Suu Kyi’s home to pray.
Military leaders have imposed an web curfew because the unrest continues.
On Thursday cops fired “at least 10 rounds in the air” to break up a crowd of protesters in Yangon, in accordance to sources on the bottom.
