In a briefing to the UN Security Council’s 9 April 2021 ‘Arria-Formula’ Meeting on the situation in Myanmar, Crisis Group’s Myanmar expert Richard Horsey warned that the country stands on the brink of state failure, and argued that there is every justification for the Council to impose an arms embargo on the regime.
- ICG
Madam Chair, Members of the Council, Distinguished Speakers,
Thank you for this opportunity to speak today.
You have heard a powerful presentation from a civil society leader and you will hear shortly from a senior representative of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH…