A UN expert today urged the UK to help mobilise international opposition to the Myanmar military junta’s claim that the election that it will stage later this month is legitimate, while taking other measures to strengthen its support of human rights in Myanmar.
“I am heartened by the United Kingdom’s rejection of the junta’s election scheme,” said Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, at the end of his visit to the UK. “I urge the UK Government to proactively reach out to other Governments to ensure they do the same. A strong, coordinated rejection of these sham elections is essential to deny the junta the means to fabricate credibility and legitimacy … The UK can play a decisive role — and now is the moment to act.”
Zoya Phan, BCUK’s Programme Director, meeting Tom Andrews on his visit to the UK.