Global response to Myanmar war not working: UN expert

Global efforts to stop Myanmar's civil war are clearly not working, a UN expert warned on Oct 10 as he urged leaders to starve the ruling junta of "money, weapons and legitimacy".

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Describing a situation that has "gone from bad, to worse, to horrific", UN special rapporteur Tom Andrews said more than three million people have been displaced by fighting in the South-east Asian nation in as many years.

The conflict is on the table at this week's meeting in Laos of South-east Asian leaders, who pressed Myanmar's junta and its opponents to take concrete action to stop the bloodshed.

Since Mynamar's military seized power in February 2021, the junta has arrested more than 20,000 people in its crackdown on dissent and bombed opposition-controlled areas, according to Mr Andrews, a former member of the US Congress.