UNSC Resolution on Myanmar

Recently, India abstained from voting on a resolution on Myanmar adopted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). China and Russia also abstained from voting.

• Since the military toppled Suu Kyi’s elected government in February 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil. Over 2,500 persons have been killed in the military’s crackdown on dissenters.

India’s Position: Delivering the explanation of the vote, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN said that India believes that the complex situation in Myanmar calls for an approach of quiet, patient and constructive diplomacy with the junta.

• India said that any other course would not help resolve the long-standing issues that have prevented enduring peace, stability, progress, and democratic governance.
• It added that the UNSC resolution would only entrench the parties concerned in Myanmar, and Myanmar’s neighbours like India, which shares a nearly 1,700-km-long border with it, would be among those most affected by the instability in that country.