The number of deaths caused by the earthquake that destroyed the country on March 28 has increased to more than 3300. The United Nations launched a new invitation to end all military operations in the current civil war between the army and ethnic militias. But opposition groups say that the incursions of the military council that governs Naybyidaw in some disaster areas left at least 68 people dead.
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After a week of the earthquake in central Myanmar, the human emergency is exacerbated, as the number of deaths exceeds 3300 and 5,000. Hundreds of people are still missing, while rescue teams have recovered more bodies from the ruins of collapsed buildings in the last hours. The Head of the Humanitarian Operations of the United Nations, Tom Fletcher, arrived yesterday in a country of Southeast Asia in an attempt to stimulate emergency interventions, in the context of a nation that is torn by a bloody civil war between the army and the ethnic militias, which even before the earthquake was more than 3 million people joking and about 20 million people in need of help.
“The courage, skill and design”, but they still help the survivors, “said Fletcher, who visited Mandalay, who has been in her social networks, with” courage, skill and design “, but they still help the survivors,” said Fletcher, who visited “courage, skill and design”, but they still help the survivors. “Shortly before, the Secretary -General of the United Nations, António Guxres, once again obtained the disability of access to relief supplies.
Inclusion with victims in disaster areas
The Burmese army and many armed groups announced the fire of the fire until April 22, to facilitate the humanitarian response, but the United Nations itself condemned violations by the Nayyidao armed forces, with dozens of bombings on the areas affected by the earthquake. According to a report submitted by the opposition groups, the attacks caused at least 68 dead after the March 28 earthquake.
United Nations invitation
“I call on all military operations to stop, so that attention focuses on providing assistance to the aid affected by the earthquake,” said the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. “I hope this terrible tragedy will be a turning point for the country towards a comprehensive political solution,” Talk added, only when the head of the military council who reached power through a coup in 2021, General Min Hing Hing, returned to Naibidao after an unprecedented trip abroad to attend a regional summit in Bangkok. There he met separately with the leaders of Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and India. According to the government media, Burmanz, Min, Aung Holing, repeated the intention of the Board of Directors to celebrate the elections at the end of the year, along with the Prime Minister of New Delhi, Narendra Modi, which was already expressed by international observers of her doubts in recent weeks about whether they will be held in a “free and fair” way.
Rohingya minority
In this context, the Myanmar authorities allowed the return of 180,000 from about 800,000 refugees from the Rohingya Muslim racial minority who have resorted to Bangladesh in recent years due to the repeated violence of the Burmese army. Daka and Naipyidó already tried to return Rohingya in 2018 and 2019, but the operation also failed to persecute from refugees again once they returned to Myanmar. In recent months, negotiations have been opened, with the mediation of Thailand.
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