Myanmar: Myanmar needs a comprehensive international arms embargo

Myanmar: Myanmar needs a comprehensive international arms embargo

Index Number: ASA 16/014/2007
Date Published: 28 September 2007
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Myanmar

Amnesty International is urging the United Nations Security Council to immediately impose a mandatory arms embargo on Myanmar. States, in particular China, India, and Asean States in addition to Russia, Serbia and Ukraine, must cease forthwith the involvement of their agencies, companies and nationals in the direct or indirect supply to Myanmar of any military, police or security equipment.