Drop call for Myanmar arms embargo, say 9 Asean members

THE STRAIGHT TIMES

Nirmal Ghosh
US Bureau Chief
MAY 29, 2021

Military personnel in a parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2021. The military seized power in a coup on Feb 1. PHOTO: REUTER

WASHINGTON - Nine out of the 10 members of Asean want a draft UN resolution to drop a call for an embargo on arms supplies to the Myanmar military in the wake of its Feb 1 coup d'etat and the ensuing brutal crackdown.

A key reason for this is Asean's need to keep open channels for dialogue with the military.

Asean Seeks Drop of U.N. Call for Myanmar Arms Embargo

Bloomberg

Lilian Karunungan

30 May 2021,

A soldier stands guard along a road in Yangon on May 7. Photographer: AFP/Getty Images

Myanmar’s Southeast Asian neighbors are seeking a watering-down of a U.N. General Assembly draft resolution which includes dropping a call for an arms embargo against the country, Reuters reported.

The nine other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean, said in a May 19 letter that the draft “cannot command the widest possible support in its current form, especially from all countries directly affected in the region,” Reuters said on Friday.

Rights group says Israel may still be arming Myanmar; NGOs call for arms embargo

THE TIMES OF ISREAL

EDITH M. LEDERER
8 May 2021,

Israel’s police training and vehicle supplies ended in 2017, but deliveries of surveillance equipment may be ongoing amid coup, Amnesty International official says

Myanmarese residents in Israel protest agaisnt the military coup wich took place in Myanmar, outside The Chinese Embassy in Tel Aviv on February 15, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 200 global organizations urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar, saying the time for statements has passed and immediate action is needed to help protect peaceful protesters against military rule and other opponents of the junta.

A statement by the non-governmental organizations said the military “has demonstrated a callous disregard for human life” since their February 1 coup, killing at least 769 people including 51 children as young as six years old and detaining several thousand activists, journalists, civil servants, and politicians. Hundreds of others have disappeared, it said.

Will The UN Impose an Arms Embargo on Myanmar?

albawaba News
May 6th, 2021 -

In this file photo taken on February 8, 2021, protesters gather to demonstrate against the February 1 military coup, in downtown Yangon. STR / AFP

Highlights

Hundreds on NGOs call the UN to impose arms embargo on Myanmar amid continuous clashes with protesters.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, among over 200 non-governmental organizations, have urged the United Nations Security Council to impose an arms embargo on the junta in Myanmar for its lethal crackdown on anti-coup protesters.

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“No government should sell a single bullet to the junta,” the NGOs said in a joint statement on Wednesday.

The military government has been ruling the country since ousting the civil government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup on February 1.