Geneva: The UN’s top human rights organization approved of measures on Thursday ( Apr 4 ) to put pressure on Myanmar and Iran, whose governments have been accused of using violence against their citizens.
The United Nations Human Rights Council, which consists of 47 part nations, supports a resolution that urges governments to refrain from exporting or selling jet fuel to Myanmar if they believe its decision military junta may use the energy to violate human rights in the region’s war-torn nation.
Additionally, it called for a stop to Myanmar’s unlawful transfer of weaponry, munitions, and other military products.
An independent specialist from the council’s commission warned last month that Myanmar’s military government is ramping up violence against citizens as it struggles to maintain its position in the face of fiercer fighting against pro-democracy and ethnic armed organizations.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government was overthrown by the military, which sparked widespread violent antagonism that was met with lethal force more than three years ago. The region was entangled in a civil war as a result of the suppression.
FUEL ILLICIT Shipping VISITING Thailand
Amnesty International, a group dedicated to fighting illegal shipments of energy to Myanmar, has frequently criticized delivery data that demonstrates efforts to avoid restrictions in the aviation fuel supply chain. According to the report, at least seven shipments of the energy were routed directly to a Vietnam storage facility in Myanmar next year.
Vietnam, which now holds one of the chairs in the government, did never stand in the way of the mayor’s consensus.
The major human rights body of the UN has a powerful message to the UN that “business as usual” is unacceptable when providing plane fuel to those who carry out war crimes, said Iniyan Ilango, Amnesty’s member to the UN in Geneva.
He claimed it was a” great start,” but that the UN Security Council should suspend direct and indirect shipments of aviation fuel to Myanmar, arguing that this action would have a significant impact on the ground because it would stop the defense from conducting attacks, “many of which have constituted battle crimes.”
The government took the decision to take action on Myanmar as it wrapped up its second period of the year, which kicked off on February 26 with actions on more than 40 resolutions on issues ranging from child rights to the environment, human rights to prevention of murder, and rights situation in councils like Sudan, Belarus, and North Korea.