UK Foreign Affairs Committee Calls for Faster Implementation of Myanmar Sanctions in New Report
The United Kingdom should hasten the imposition of sanctions on Myanmar businesses and other entities in key industries on which the ruling junta is dependent, a July 16 report from the U.K. House of Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee said. The report also called on the government to encourage other nations that do not have Myanmar sanctions in place to implement them and ensure that third-country financial institutions support U.K.-implemented sanctions placed on junta-backed businesses and individuals.
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The report also covered other aspects of the U.K.'s handling of the Myanmar military coup, including possible diplomatic action via an arms embargo. “We recommend that the UK draft a United Nations Security Council resolution calling explicitly for an arms embargo on Myanmar in order to gauge the current level of support and the type of diplomatic engagement that is required to establish an effective arms embargo,” the report said. “The ultimate objective of the UK should be securing a binding Security Council resolution on an arms embargo on Myanmar.” Failing that, other multilateral forums such as the G-7 and the Five Power Defense Arrangements should be leveraged to impose individual arms embargoes, the report said.