The United Nations rights office has denounced Myanmar’s governing military for breaching the temporary truce in the civil war that was declared by warring sides last month following a deadly earthquake.
Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Friday that the military attacks on armed resistance groups come when “the sole focus should be on ensuring humanitarian aid gets to disaster zones.”
The ceasefire declared after the March 28 earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people in Myanmar was supposed to last until April 22.
A multi-sided conflict has engulfed Myanmar since 2021, when Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s military declared a coup and wrested power from the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
media’s Tony Cheng had previously reported that many earthquake survivors suffer as the military government has blocked aid to rebel-held areas.
Since the earthquake struck, Shamdasani said “military forces have reportedly carried out over 120 attacks.
“More than half of them (were) after their declared ceasefire was due to have gone into effect on 2 April,” she added.
UN rights chief Volker Turk, she said, “calls on the military to remove any and all obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian assistance and to cease military operations”.
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