UN Member States:
1. Impose coordinated targeted sanctions on the Myanmar military junta and
those enabling its surveillance and censorship. This must include the full
networks of entities and individuals including:
•
State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC), the new name of the
junta's governing body and the entity that controls the bodies responsible
for the implementation of the Geedge systems, through the junta's ministry
of transport and communications and its National Cyber Security Centre
(NCSC). SSPC also illegally controls the telecom operator, Myanma Posts
and Telecommunications (MPT).
•
Geedge Networks and its leadership, including Fang Binxing and Wang
Yuandi.
•
Junta-owned and linked companies that collaborate in surveillance and
censorship, prioritising Telecom International Myanmar, the operator of
Mytel, which is partially owned by the military conglomerate Myanmar
Economic Corporation, and the Mascots Group network, which Justice For
Myanmar previously exposed.91
2. Provide increased support to Myanmar people to safely access the internet,
bypassing surveillance and censorship, including through the funding and
distribution of free tools to circumvent junta surveillance and censorship.
3. Encourage the UN Security Council to impose a global arms embargo on the
Myanmar military junta, targeted sanctions on the junta's business interests,
and refer the Myanmar situation to the International Criminal Court.
4. Recognise and support the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) as
the highest consultative body and the National Unity Government (NUG) as
the legitimate government of Myanmar, and Ethnic Resistance Organisations
and federal units as key stakeholders in forming a federal union.
5. Consider whether they have jurisdiction to prosecute companies and
individuals connected to Geedge's activities in Myanmar, and open
preliminary investigations into the most serious cases thereof.
6. Australia, the European Union, Canada, United Kingdom and United States,
which have imposed targeted sanctions on the military junta and its
businesses, should ensure that sanctions are rigorously enforced and ensure
that suspected breaches are fully investigated.
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