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Myanmar’s future can only be defined by the will of the people, not the misguided initiatives of the international community. The people of Myanmar have bravely and courageously proven their aspirations and determination to end the military’s decades-long violence and to achieve long-lasting peace in Myanmar where people of diverse backgrounds can co-exist with equal rights and dignity in a truly inclusive federal democracy. It is time for the international community, particularly the UNSC, to align itself with the will of the people of Myanmar through swift, meaningful action. We reiterate our demand for a new UNSC resolution on Myanmar under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. For more information, please contact: - Khin Ohmar, Progressive Voice; info@progressive-voice.org - Elena, General Strike Committee of Nationalities; gscn2021@gmail.com - Myay Latt Tun, CDM Medical Network; contact@cdmmn.org - Wai Wai Nu, Women’s Peace Network; info@womenspeacenetwork.org Signed by 462 civil society organizations, including 84 organizations that have chosen not to disclose their names because the junta continues violence in Myanmar. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 5/ of Zaya State Strike Action Against Myanmar Military Coup (Sydney) Action Committee for Democracy Development (Coalition of 14 grassroots networks) Action Committee of Basic Education Students (ACBES) Active Youths Kalaymyo Ah Nah Podcast – Conversations with Myanmar All Aung Myay Thar San Schools Strike Force All Burma Student Democratic Front – Australia Branch All Young Burmese League (AYBL) Alliance of Students' Union – Yangon (ASU-Yangon) ALTSEAN-Burma Anti-coup Forces Coordination Committee (ACFCC – Mandalay) Anti-Junta Alliance Yangon-AJAY Anti-Myanmar Dictatorship Movement Anti-Myanmar Military Dictatorship Network (AMMDN) Arakan Rohingya National Union (ARNU) Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH) ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Asian Health Institute (AHI) Asia-Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC) Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) Association of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Association of United Nationality in Japan (AUN) Association Suisse Birmanie (ASB) Associazione per l'Amicizia Italia Birmania “Giuseppe Malpeli” Athan – Freedom of Expression Activist Organization Aung San Suu Kyi Park, Norway Australia Burma Friendship Association, Northern Territory Australia Karen Organization WA Inc. Australia Myanmar Doctors, Nurses and Friends 3

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Urgent call for swift action against the military junta to end its war of terror and protect civilians in Myanmar

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Date Published: Feb 1, 2024

Abstract: As we mark the third anniversary of the Myanmar military junta's coup attempt on 1 February 2021, we, 462 civil society organizations, express in the strongest terms our utmost disappointment in the ineffectiveness and inaction of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in response to the military junta’s war of terror against the people of Myanmar. We urgently call on the UNSC to act in accordance with its mandate for peace and security and take concrete actions against the Myanmar military junta. These actions must reflect the gravity of the mass atrocity crimes committed by the junta for which the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called on the UNSC to, among other measures, refer the crisis in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court. We find that the UNSC’s adoption of Resolution 2669, which passed its one-year mark in December 2023, not only came too little and far too late – after decades of atrocities by the Myanmar military – but also produced no concrete progress towards halting the military's genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, which have only intensified since the adoption of the resolution. Since its adoption, the military junta has launched at least 909 airstrikes, 1 killing more than 364 civilians including scores of children, and torched nearly 80,000 houses. Over the last year, it is undeniable that the military junta’s violence has become more targeted against civilian populations with blatant attacks on villages, towns, internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps, religious sites where IDPs were seeking refuge, schools, and hospitals. Since the coup attempt, the military junta has killed at least 4,450 people and arrested more than 25,900 people, with more than 19,900 individuals still detained, including President U Win Myint and State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Inhuman conditions, ill treatment, torture, sexual and gender-based violence, and extrajudicial killings remain ubiquitous in junta-controlled prisons and detention centers. Furthermore, the military junta has insisted on a pilot repatriation project for the Rohingya, despite the UNSC expressing concern that the situation in Myanmar poses challenges for a safe, voluntary, sustainable, and dignified return. Resolution 2669 does not recognize the Myanmar military as a government or a de facto authority to carry out such a repatriation project. A sustainable, safe, and dignified return of Rohingya is impossible while the illegitimate Myanmar military junta continues to conduct a nationwide campaign of terror, including in Rakhine State where many more Rohingya are being forced to flee overlan

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