UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Condemning Coup In Myanmar (Comprehensive)

The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the 12th (local time) condemning the coup initiated by the Myanmar military.

At a special meeting held at the United Nations Geneva office that day, 47 members consensus on a resolution urging all arbitrarily detained persons to be released immediately and without conditions, while urging the restoration of the elected government by voting (consensus). ).

Prior to the adoption of the resolution, Nada al-Nasif, deputy head of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, criticized at the meeting that “the military’s seizure of power has seriously impeded the transition to a democracy that Myanmar has achieved difficultly.”

In particular, he pointed out that after the coup, “more than 350 people including politicians, civic activists, journalists, monks, and students have been detained,” and “most of them did not go through legal procedures.”

“The world is watching,” he stressed, “I’ll tell you clearly. Indiscriminate use of weapons of destruction against peaceful protesters is unacceptable.”

However, he added that sanctions should be carefully applied only to specific persons responsible for the coup and that most of the people should not be harmed.

The European Union, which submitted the resolution, said, “Illegal seizure of power has suddenly turned the clock back on Myanmar’s history.” The US, which recently declared a return to the Human Rights Council, “must hold the people involved in the coup including sanctions to account. “I do” he raised his voice.

At a special meeting that day, letters of about 300 Myanmar lawmakers were released calling for an investigation into widespread human rights violations committed by the military after the coup. The letter was read by the British side, which submitted the resolution together with the EU.

However, China and Russia, which have close ties with Myanmar’s military, have said they are opposed to the meeting itself, Reuters reported.

China argued that “what happened in Myanmar is essentially about the internal affairs of Myanmar,” and Russia demanded that “attempts to make exaggerated claims about the situation in Myanmar should be stopped.”

The special meeting of the Human Rights Council is in response to a request from the UK and the EU on the 8th to discuss the human rights situation in Myanmar after the coup.

On the 1st, Myanmar’s military detained advisor Aung San Suu Kyi and took power, saying that serious misconduct occurred in the previous general election, but the government did not properly investigate it.

Because of this, protests are currently taking place in various places in Myanmar.

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