Junta accuses UN human rights body of partiality in resolution on Myanmar

By Admin 16 Jul 2024

DMG Newsroom
16 July 2024, Sittwe

The Myanmar junta’s foreign ministry on Monday condemned a resolution adopted at the 56th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, accusing the council of partiality.

The session, held from June 18 to July 12, adopted a resolution without a vote, calling on the regime to immediately end all violence and violations of international law in the country.

The regime said the council had breached the fundamental principles of constructive dialogue by discussing Myanmar issues in the absence of a representative from the concerned country.

The 47-member UN Human Rights Council reiterated the importance of holding accountable all those responsible for brutal acts and crimes against all persons to deliver justice to victims using all appropriate legal instruments and judicial mechanisms.

But the regime said the UN resolution “downplays the terrorist acts of armed groups and insufficiently addresses the grave violations committed against local communities by the Arakkha Army.”

The presentation of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, according to the junta, obviously aims to ostracise Myanmar from the international community.

The regime also accused the special rapporteur of “echoing the allegations and narratives propagated by subversive media outlets, armed ethnic insurgent groups and terrorists affiliated with the National Unity Government and the PDF [People’s Defence Force].”

Over 7,800 civilians died at the hands of those groups from February 2021 to June 2024, the regime claimed. 

“Instead of condemning the terrorist acts and outrageous behaviours of these unlawful entities, the Special Rapporteur encourages the international community to engage with these unlawful entities, thereby undermining Myanmar’s efforts to uphold peace and security for all its citizens,” complained a report in junta media.

The Myanmar military seized power in a coup in 2021, plunging the country into a civil war, followed by the junta’s widespread human rights violations.

A total of 5,398 people have died at the hands of the regime since the coup, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners said in a report on Monday.