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Tears rolled down the cheeks of a woman praying for Myanmar’s dead protesters outside the headquarters of a UN agency in Bangkok, Thailand – Photo: Reuters
“Don’t bet more, that’s enough.
Myanmar’s Rapporteur Thomas Andrews urged the United Nations Security Council to act “swiftly and decisively” to end the violence in Myanmar.
18 people were killed on February 28 when police opened fire on a crowd of protesters, including Nyi Nyi Aung Htet Naing, according to Reuters. Just over two days later, on March 3, another 38 people fell during protests across Myanmar. On March 5, one more protester died.
“Wrench located in Myanmar “
According to an AFP reporter, the first case of death on March 5 was that of a 26-year-old man in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city.
The incident came just a day after the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called on the Myanmar military to “stop the killing and imprisonment of protesters” and on the eve of a secret meeting of the Council. . United Nations security on the afternoon of March 5 (Vietnam time).
Before that, weapons exploded, stun grenades exploded in the streets of Myanmar right after a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers on the Myanmar situation on March 2.
Has anyone ever wondered what happened was a mere coincidence or was it a deliberate move to send a message warning of the consequences of meddling in Myanmar?
No one has a direct answer, but many indirectly. Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan has indirectly condemned Myanmar’s military regime, describing the military action “shooting at its own people as the culmination of national disgrace.”
“We are displeased with the actions taken against civilians by the security forces,” Balakrishnan told Singapore’s National Assembly on March 5.
But he himself said bitterly that external pressure might not change anything in Myanmar. “If you take the time to look back over the last 70 years, to be honest, the Myanmar military authorities are not interested in economic sanctions or ethical things. The key to solving the problem is in Myanmar.”
Deadlock to find a solution
Singapore is the country that invests the most in Myanmar in 2020, according to Nikkei Asia magazine. While it is harsh in words, Singapore is like China or Japan and many other Asian countries in the sense that there are no drastic moves.
Economic interests are concentrated in Myanmar like an invisible rope tied to their hands. And if you look at it that way, the United States is extremely hands-free because Washington has no significant economic interests that currently exist in Myanmar.
After punishing the generals behind the February 1 coup, the United States continued to increase the level of action with the March 4 (US time) sanctions. The Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Interior (the director of the security force) and two Myanmar military-owned companies were listed as “end users are military.”
The move is welcome because it is more substantive than the previously established entry bans.
Some technology products with US intellectual elements will need to obtain the consent of the US government before being exported to Myanmar. A New York Times source also revealed that the Myanmar military government had attempted to withdraw $ 1 billion deposited in the New York branch of the United States Federal Reserve. This frozen money could become a lever for Washington to face the crisis.
The approaches of Asia and the West are also completely different. While Asian democracies urge the Myanmar parties to reconcile and resolve their differences, the West has sought a way out by exerting pressure and punishment.
Thomas Andrews, a UN expert in charge of Myanmar, called on the UN Security Council to impose a global arms embargo on Myanmar to end the bloodshed. Indeed, stopping and successfully ending the violence in Myanmar should be an urgent task now before thinking of other long-term solutions.
UN special envoy for Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, at a Security Council meeting on March 5, urged the agency to act unanimously to prevent violence and restore democracy in Myanmar after the 1-2 coup.
“It is important that the council be decisive and consistent in alerting the security forces and side by side with the people of Myanmar, in favor of clear election results in December.
11-2020 “- The Reuters news agency quoted Ms Burgener as saying that before 15 council members in a closed-door meeting, Ms Burgener said she had received some 20,000 messages from Myanmar calling on the international community to act. .
