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9 UN Security Council members urge a halt to airstrikes by Myanmar's military
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FILE - A man looks on at homes destroyed after air and artillery strikes in Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp, in Laiza, Myanmar, on Oct. 10, 2023. When the army moved to overthrow Myanmar's elected government in the early hours of Feb. 1, 2021, to overthrow the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, it looked like a walkover that could entrench the military in power indefinitely. Three years later, a poorly armed but popular and politically savvy grassroots resistance movement has shaken the military’s grip, in a modern-day David vs. Goliath scenario, but the costs have been high. - photo by AP Photo, File
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nine members of the United Nations Security Council condemned “indiscriminate” airstrikes by Myanmar's military against civilians before an envoy briefed the council Monday as part of regional efforts to implement a peace plan that has so far been largely ineffective. The plan, adopted in April 2021 shortly after the military seized power in a takeover that sparked a civil war, calls for the immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar, a dialogue among all concerned parties, mediation by a special envoy from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, provision of humanitarian aid through ASEAN channels, and a visit to Myanmar by the special envoy to meet all concerned parties. Veteran diplomat Alounkeo Kittikhoun — the special envoy to Myanmar from this year's ASEAN chair, Laos, and a former U.N. ambassador — addressed a closed council meeting on behalf of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.