Arms Embargo News

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a commitment by Japan to stop selling arms and military equipment to the Burmese military. In the statement by G7 Foreign Ministers on 5th May, Japan signed on to the following language: “…we commit to…

 Over 200 nongovernmental organizations from around the world are calling on the United Nations Security Council to immediately impose a global arms embargo on Myanmar to pressure the junta to stop killing unarmed protesters and end human rights abuses against…

100 MPs from 9 political parties in the British Parliament have come together to support a Parliamentary Motion condemning the military coup in Burma. They are calling for stronger action by the British government, including building an arms embargo coalition…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed new British sanctions on the military conglomerate Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC). The sanctions on MEC follow sanctions on the other major military business conglomerate Myanmar Economic Holding Ltd (MEHL) last week. Burma Campaign UK has…

Statement By European Karen Network EU Must Act in Response to Bombing in Karen State and Killing of Protesters The European Karen Network, representing Karen communities in Europe, calls for urgent action by the European Union in response to the…

British Foreign Office Minister Nigel Adams MP has called on members of the Commonwealth to impose arms embargoes on Burma, following the military coup on 1st February 2021. Responding to a written question in the British Parliament from Stephen Kinnock…

Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by the Republic of Korea that it is imposing an embargo on military supplies to Burma. The announcement means that 42 countries now have arms embargoes against Burma, leaving 150 UN member countries…

Thirteen countries are involved in military training and/or cooperation with the Burmese military, despite its human rights record. Burma Campaign UK has published a new briefing paper today listing the countries, with open source links to information about the training…

An Open Letter to the UN Security Council and Individual UN Member States The letter is in Burmese here. We, the undersigned organizations, call on the United Nations Security Council and UN member states to urgently institute a coordinated, global…

Justice For Myanmar and Burma Campaign UK are separate independent organisations which have both been calling for international action against the economic interests of the military, in line with the recommendations of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on…