UN Security Council Trying to 'Destabilize' Myanmar, Junta Says

• Published date: 23 December 2022
• Publication title: ASEAN Tribune

23 December 2022 (Voice of America) Myanmar's junta on Friday slammed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an end to violence and the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing the body of attempting to "destabilize" the country.

The Security Council adopted its first-ever resolution on the situation in the turmoil-ridden Southeast Asian nation on Wednesday, after junta allies China and Russia abstained rather than veto the document.

The 15-member council has been split on Myanmar for decades and was previously able to agree only on formal statements about the country.

The resolution contained "several intrusive elements on Myanmar's internal affairs that contravene the principles and purposes of the United Nations," the junta's Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement.

"Exerting pressure to destabilize Myanmar rather than supporting the government's...