Myanmar: Military air strikes on civilians a 'tragic trend'
The UN's Tom Andrews calls for a "co-ordinated, focused and strategic" approach by UN member states in response to the crisis in Myanmar.
The UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar has told the 蜜芽传媒 he is disappointed by the international community's failure to do more to protect the civilian population there. Tom Andrews was speaking after the number of victims of last week's airstrike by the ruling military on the village of Pa Zi Gyi rose to 168.
Mr Andrews says: "There's been a significant increase in the use of fighter jets dropping bombs and helicopter gunships descending on villages."
"The casualties of citizens, of civilians... increase exponentially."
Mr Andrews says 17.5 million people are in need of humanitarian aid, but the military is blocking deliveries to vulnerable groups.
He calls for a co-ordinated response to the crisis. He says: "The member states of the United Nations are failing the people of Myanmar by not having a co-ordinated, focused, strategic response to this crisis."
(Photo: Damaged buildings and wreckage following an airstrike by the Myanmar military on Pa Zi Gyi village, Sagaing region, Myanmar, 11 April 2023. Credit: Photo by MYAELATT ATHAN MEDIA HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
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