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YANGON, 17 February 2021: Tourism crops up as one of the industries that line the pockets of Myanmarâs ruling government but nothing on the scale of mines, banks, petroleum, agriculture and the gems trade.
Experts and activists say key industries that have attracted foreign investors give army chiefs access to “enormous wealth from the sprawling conglomerates they control”, according to a widely publicised AFP report this week.
The report accuses the military coup leaders of “vested
interests in large swathes of the country’s economy, providing them with a
colossal and closely guarded fortune that the US President has targeted with
Posted on February 17, 2021.
The United States will make its big comeback and regain its observer status in the U.N. Human Rights Council. It intends to use all its weight to bring “positive changes” to this organization, which has been criticized for its bias, although there is still little hope of reform.
It’s one small step for human rights, one giant leap for the United States. The United Nations Human Rights Council will once again be able to count Americans in its ranks as observers, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, Feb. 8.
“We recognize that the Human Rights Council is a flawed body, in need of reform to its agenda, membership and focus, including its disproportionate focus on Israel. (…) To address the Council’s deficiencies and ensure it lives up to its mandate, the United States must be at the table using the full weight of our diplomatic leadership,” Blinken said in a press statement.
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