October 4, 2017

UN: When US Ambassador Nikki Haley called for a virtual arms embargo against the repressive and much-maligned military regime in Myanmar, she took a passing shot at two of her fellow veto-wielding, permanent members of the Security Council – namely China and Russia – who are primary arms suppliers to the increasingly politically-isolated nation.

“And any country that is currently providing weapons to the Burmese military should suspend these activities until sufficient accountability measures are in place,” she demanded, during last week’s debate in the UN Security Council.

The US, which has consistently refused to recognise the country’s name-change (from Burma to Myanmar), said “the world has endured images from Burma we should never have to see” – even as that government stands accused of “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims.

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