Southeast Asian states want to drop proposed UN demand Myanmar arms embargo

Nine Southeast Asian countries have proposed watering straight down a US General Assembly draft quality on Myanmar, including removing a good call for an arms embargo on the country, in a good bid to get the unanimous support of the 193-member physique.

Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam wrote to Liechtenstein, which drafted the image resolution, after a well planned vote the other day was postponed at the last minute.

In the letter dated May 19 and noticed by Reuters on Friday (May 28), the Southeast Parts of asia explained the draft "cannot command the widest possible assist in its current form, specifically from all countries directly affected in your community" and that further negotiations are needed "to help make the text acceptable, specifically to the countries many directly influenced and who are actually involved in efforts to resolve the situation".

"It is also our firm conviction that if an over-all Assembly resolution about the problem in Myanmar is usually to be helpful to countries found in ASEAN, then it should be followed by consensus," the countries wrote, discussing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

The letter was from all of the ASEAN nations except Myanmar.

The draft resolution demands "an immediate suspension of the direct and indirect source, sale or transfer of most weapons and munitions" to Myanmar. The Southeast Asian countries want that words removed.

General Assembly resolutions aren't legally binding but take political weight. Unlike the 15-member Security Council, no region has veto vitality in the overall Assembly.

Myanmar has been around crisis because the army ousted head Aung San Suu Kyi's elected authorities on Feb 1 and detained her and officials of her National Group for Democracy party.

While the Southeast Parts of asia want the draft UN resolution expressing deep concern about their detention, rather than condemning it the written text would demand their immediate and unconditional discharge.

A spokesman for ASEAN didn't immediately react to requests for comment.

ASEAN is leading the diplomatic work to end bloodshed found in Myanmar and promote dialogue between your junta and its opponents.

Earlier this month, a lot more than 200 civil society groupings, including Human Rights View and Amnesty International, urged the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo about Myanmar.

Only the UN Security Council can impose legally binding sanctions or an arms embargo, but diplomats have said Russia and China could very likely use their veto to avoid such action in Myanmar.