United Nations Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling on Myanmar military Military Council to release ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and all other arbitrarily detained prisoners.
twelve members of UN Security Council vote in favor of The resolution demands an immediate end to the violence in Myanmar, while China, Russia and India abstained. The 15-member Security Council has long been divided over Myanmar crisis because of the position of China and Russia.
On February 1, 2021, Suu Kyi’s government was taken off in a military Coup after her National League for party democracy triumph in national elections last November.
The coup was met with widespread civil unrest people Denounced removed and submitted of military rule. The junta arrested Suu Kyi and other officials and violently suppressed the protests. with United nations warning The country descended into civil war.
The US envoy to the United Nations, Linda Thomas Greenfield, said that this decision represents only a step towards ending the bloodshed, adding that “that’s a lot more must be done.”
It’s not fast, said China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun fix to me issue.
