The United Nations Human Rights Investigator on Myanmar urged the Security Council to impose a global embargo sanctions on the military generals arms and economic and move the atrocities to the International Criminal Court for prosecution.
In a report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Thomas Andrews called for wide-ranging punitive sanctions. He said, States should impose sanctions on the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, now controlled by the military and its largest source of revenue. The UNSC will be discussing the situation on Friday in a closed meeting.
Condemning Wednesday’s firing on the pro-democracy protesters by the Myanmar military, UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener has said that it was the bloodiest day since the February 1 coup.
She further said that the incidents in Myanmar are not an internal affair as they affect the stability demonstration against the Myanmar Army, democratically elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, of the region. The which ousted the has entered its fourth week. Security forces have begun a violent on the protestors in towns and cities across the country.
UN Human Rights Office said, at least 18 people were killed and more than 30 injured in Myanmar on Sunday, as police and military forces peaceful crackdown confronted demonstrations.
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