told a session of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, March 31, that"a bloodbath is imminent" because of the military's intensified crackdown on anti-coup protesters.
"Consider all available tools to take collective action and do what is right, what the people of Myanmar deserve and prevent a multi-dimensional catastrophe in the heart of Asia," she said. Britain requested the meeting at the United Nations in New York in response to worsening violence in Myanmar., 141 of them on Saturday, the bloodiest day of the unrest, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
"These violent actions by the military are completely unacceptable and require a strong message from the international community," Britain's Ambassador to the United Nations, Barbara Woodward, said in a virtual press briefing after the council session.
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