As Myanmar marked the third anniversary of the military coup a large number of global pro-democracy organisations urge the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to act in accordance with its mandate for peace and security and take concrete actions against the Myanmar military junta.

These actions must reflect the gravity of the mass atrocity crimes against the people of Myanmar (also known as Burma or Brahmadesh) committed by the junta for which the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the UNSC to refer the Myanmar crisis to the International Criminal Court, said an open letter addressing the members of the UNSC.

“We find that the UNSC’s adoption of Resolution 2669, which passed its one-year mark in December 2023, not only came too little and far too late – after decades of atrocities by the Myanmar military – but also produced no concrete progress towards halting the military’s genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, which have only intensified since the adoption of the resolution,” asserted the letter, endorsed by 462 civil society organizations, adding that since its adoption, the military junta has launched at least 909 airstrikes, killing more than 364 civilians including scores of children, and torched nearly 80,000 houses.

Over the last year, it is undeniable that the military junta’s violence has become more targeted against civilian populations with blatant attacks on villages, towns, internally displaced........

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