On Wednesday 16 June, Tom Andrews, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, called on the international community to adopt additional sanctions against the Burmese military junta, denouncing the human rights situation in the country.
In addition to agreeing on an embargo on arms and dual-use technology, “we need to have a coordinated sanctions regime on oil and gas”, he told a hearing in the European Parliament.
“70% of Myanmar’s income...