The UN Security Council on Wednesday called on Myanmar's junta to release the country's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the first resolution adopted on the situation in the Southeast Asian country since a coup d'état in February last year .
The resolution expressed "deep concern about the current state of emergency imposed by the military in Myanmar." It was adopted with the support of 12 of the 15 members, with Russia, China and India abstaining.
The resolution also called on to "immediately end all forms of violence" throughout the Southeast Asian country.
He called on the junta to "immediately release all arbitrarily detained prisoners," including Suu Kyi, who served as state councilor and foreign minister. The 77-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner was sentenced to a total of 26 years of delay. behind bars after convictions on corruption and other charges.
She is detained in Naypyitaw. Kyaw Moe Tun, who was appointed Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations before the coup and remains the recognized representative despite the junta's attempt to sack him in , welcomed the council's adoption of the resolution.
Speaking to reporters after the vote, he also called on the Security Council to "take stronger action to ensure a speedy end to the military junta and its crimes."
Britain led the drafting of the resolution. Barbara Woodward, the country's ambassador to the world body, said in a statement: "We stand with the people of Myanmar. It's time the junta gave them back the land.”
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