Reintroduced House Measure Calls for Arms Embargo on Myanmar
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., reintroduced a resolution Feb. 4 urging the U.N. Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar's military.
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The proposal comes in response to the military’s coup against Myanmar’s democratically elected civilian government four years ago and its often-violent crackdown on dissent since then. The legislation notes that the U.S. has already sanctioned military officials and entities linked to coup leaders.
"We must hold the [military] accountable and support the restoration of democracy" in Myanmar, Tenney said. Her resolution, which has seven Democratic and Republican co-sponsors, was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.