UN receives letter from Myanmar envoy calling for intervention - Spokesman
Tear gas and fire extinguisher gas float around demonstrators during a protest against the military coup in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 8, 2021. REUTERS pic
NEW YORK: UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric confirmed on Monday the Secretary-General of the organisation, Antonio Guterres, received a letter from Myanmar calling for foreign intervention to stop the violence perpetrated by the security forces, reported Sputnik.
Last week, Myanmar's Parliament Envoy to the United Nations, Dr Sasa, sent a letter to Guterres urging for an action from the UN Security Council to invoke the so-called Responsibility to Protect (R2P) commitment. The R2P envisages the option of foreign military intervention as a measure of last resort to prevent mass atrocity crimes.
"We have received the letter. UN officials, including the Secretary-General's Special Envoy, have been in contact with elected parliamentarians as part of ongoing contacts with key stakeholders," Dujarric said in a statement.
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