United Nations
The people of Myanmar have huge expectations from the United Nations and the international community following the Feb.
1 coup, with many calling for sanctions and some urging the U.N. to send peacekeepers to stop the killings of peaceful protesters seeking a return to democracy, the top U.N. official in the country said Friday.
Acting resident and humanitarian coordinator Andrew Kirkwood said in a video briefing to U.N. reporters from Myanmar’s largest city Yangon that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other U.N. officials have been very consistent about what’s really needed: “collective member state actions in the Security Council.”
Guterres echoed that message again on Friday, saying “a firm, unified international response is urgently needed” to stop the violence by security forces and return Myanmar to the path of democracy, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
“Many people will have seen people carrying placards saying, ‘how many more bodies?’” Kirkwood said.
“People are really looking for concerted international action in terms of sanctions. Frankly, some people here want to see peacekeepers.”— AP
