China and Russia among those arming Myanmar junta, says UN rights expert

Myanmar military commander-in-chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, salutes while attending a military exercise in the Ayeyarwaddy delta region, Myanmar, February 3, 2018. - Reuters

GENEVA Feb 22, 2022 (AFP): UN Security Council members China and Russia, as well as Serbia have continued supplying Myanmar's junta with weapons used to attack civilians since last year's coup, a UN rights expert said Tuesday.

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights situation in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, urged the Security Council to convene an emergency session "to debate and vote on a resolution to, at a minimum, ban those arms transfers that the Myanmar military are known to use to attack and kill Myanmar civilians."