Burma: Humanitarian Aid

Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered am ar 13 Rhagfyr 2018.

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Photo of Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell Ceidwadwyr, Sutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to the Government of Burma to seek unhindered and unrestricted access for international humanitarian aid to the internally displaced peoples in Kachin and Shan states of northern Burma.

Photo of Mark Field Mark Field Minister of State

The UK played a leading role in securing the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Burma of 27 September that called for immediate, safe and unhindered humanitarian access, including to areas controlled by ethnic armed groups, in particular in Kachin and Shan states. I raised concerns about the Burmese military’s conduct in Kachin and Shan states to the Burmese Minister for International Cooperation on 11 July. Our Ambassador raised the importance of ensuring humanitarian access in his meeting with the Chief Minister of Kachin State on 3 December.

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