UNSC calls for Suu Kyi’s release

Published December 22, 2022

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council called for Myanmar’s junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday as it adopted its first-ever resolution on the situation in the turmoil-ridden Southeast Asian country.

The 15-member Council has been split on Myanmar for decades and previously only able to agree formal statements about the country, which has been under military rule since February last year.

But the resolution, proposed by Britain, was passed with 12 votes in favour and none against as China and Russia refrained from wielding their vetoes.

Published in Dawn, December 22nd, 2022

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