http://www.deccanherald.com/content/650097/china-russia-oppose-un-criticism.html UN, AFP: The UN General Assembly on Sunday urged Myanmar to end a military campaign against the Rohingya and called for the appointment of a UN special envoy, despite opposition from China, Russia and some regional countries. A resolution put forward by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was adopted by a vote of 122 to 10 with 24 abstentions. China, Russia, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Vietnam joined Myanmar in voting against the measure as did Belarus, Syria and Zimbabwe. The resolution calls on the government to allow access for aid workers, ensure the return of all refugees and grant full citizenship rights to the Rohingya. It requests that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appoint a special envoy to Myanmar. The measure was adopted by the assembly after its budget committee gave the green light to funds for the new position of UN special envoy to Myanmar. More than 650,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled the mainly Buddhist country since the military operation was launched in Rakhine state in late August. Myanmar authorities insist the campaign is aimed at rooting out Rohingya militants who attacked police posts on August 25 but the United Nations has said the violence amounts to ethnic cleansing. Last week, the UN special rapporteur for Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, said she had been banned from the country and that the government had cut off all cooperation with her.
President assures nation's defense chief of Beijing's support for neighbor Xi made the remark while meeting with Myanmar Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Noting that military cooperation is an important part of China-Myanmar relations, Xi said that the two armies should enhance pragmatic cooperation and build bilateral military relations on the basis of mutual trust and benefit. Min Aung Hlaing is making his fifth visit to China since becoming Myanmar's commander-in-chief of defense services in 2011.
Internal: Insurgencies like in the north and west. Rohingya terrorism External: Mainly Bangladesh The Cards are in the Wa Army’s Hands Myanmar Military Chief Thanks Beijing for Support on Rakhine Crisis More than 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh since August 2017 to escape a military crackdown triggered by coordinated attacks on security posts in Rakhine by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. The United Nations called the military’s actions a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing.” Last year, China voted against the U.N. Human Rights Council’s move to establish a body to investigate possible genocide in Myanmar.
