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Nine UN security council members urge a halt to air strikes by Myanmar’s military
Smoke is seen bellowing from a Myanmar Border Police post following fighting between Myanmar security forces and Arakan Army, in Ghumdhum, Bandarban, Bangladesh, on February 5, 2024
NINE members of the United Nations security council on Monday condemned “indiscriminate” air strikes by Myanmar’s military against civilians.
The nine council members — the United States, Britain, France, Japan, Ecuador, Malta, South Korea, Slovenia and Switzerland — said that, three years after the military takeover, more than 18 million people need humanitarian aid and 2.6 million remain displaced.
The nine stood before reporters to support a statement, read by Britain’s UN ambassador Barbara Woodward, which urged Myanmar’s armed forces “to cease its attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure,” marking a sharp contrast to their silence on Israeli attacks on civilians in Gaza.
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