The UN Security Council has failed to agree on a joint statement condemning Monday’s coup in Myanmar, after a two hour long emergency meeting failed to secure the support of China, a key Myanmar ally and a veto-holding permanent member of the council.
The meeting, which was held virtually, followed the military’s detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other top politicians in a series of early morning raids on Monday, after which armed forces chief Min Aung Hlaing assumed power.
Diplomats said discussions on a statement would continue.
The 15-member council was considering a UK-drafted statement that the United Nations’ envoy on Myanmar told diplomats should “collectively send a clear signal in support of democracy” in the country.
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Myanmar’s military stand guard at a checkpoint manned with an armored vehicle in a road leading to the parliament building on Tuesday in Naypyitaw
Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country’s capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar residents in Japan protest the military coup in their homeland in front of the United Nations University in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Feb. 1. (Provided by Myint Swe)
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The protest drew Myanmar nationals from outside Tokyo as far as Gunma Prefecture, Nagoya and elsewhere, as well as residents of the capital, who chanted, “Give us the democracy we wish for” outside the university and slammed the coup.