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China, Russia arming Myanmar junta – UN expert

Myanmar military helicopters fly in formation during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the country's Union Day in Naypyidaw on Feb 12, 2022. (AFP file photo)

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."

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