First proposal related to Myanmar presented in UNSC: Demand to release Aung San Suu Kyi
The first proposal related to Myanmar presented in UNSC: Demand to release Aung San Suu Kyi; India, Russia and China abstain from voting
For the first time in 74 years, a resolution regarding Myanmar was presented in the UN Security Council (UNSC). In this, there was a demand to stop the violence with immediate effect and to release all political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi. Of the 15 countries in the UNSC, 12 voted in favour of the resolution. Whereas India, China and Russia did not participate in the voting. This proposal was introduced by Britain.
India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj said the situation in Myanmar is complicated. For this, the path of diplomacy has to be adopted. At the same time, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun said that there is no way to fix this problem completely.
In Myanmar, in February 2021, a military coup ousted the democratically elected government from power. A large number of officials and leaders were jailed, including Myanmar's top leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former Prime Minister Win Myint. The people of Myanmar protested against it in large numbers. Aung Sun received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
Last month, the rights monitoring organization The Assistant Association for Political Prisoners shared information on political prisoners. According to the organization, 16,000 people have been detained on political charges since the military coup. Of these, 13 thousand are still in custody. According to the organization, 2,465 civilians have been killed in Myanmar since February 2021.
The international community has been showing displeasure over Myanmar's strict military rule. The countries of the ASEAN group have also continuously criticized Myanmar. In April 2021, the ASEAN group made a 'five-point plan' to restore peace and stability, on which Myanmar's military junta government had also agreed. But the army did not make any efforts to implement this plan.
UN Special Representative Noeleen Heyzer and ASEAN Group Special Representative Prak Sokhon visited Myanmar but were not allowed to meet Aung Soon.
