UNSC; meeting ends without resolution as China, Russia back Myanmar

[ashok321]

Israel Continues to Sell Weapons to Myanmar despite Ethnic Cleansing Reports

Israel has been criticized by rights advocates calling for the nation to end sale of weapons and training to Myanmar and other conflict zones after evidence cropped up from social media public posts by Myanmar General and certain Israeli companies.

The Facebook posts by Myanmar army Chief Gen. Min Aung Hlaing showed him visiting Israeli military bases and signing agreements in addition to visits by officials from Israeli firms, Eitay Mack, a lawyer who filed the petition was quoted as saying by Anadolu Agency Thursday.

“We know many places in the world where there’s Israeli arms and training, but we don’t know the details. Both Israel and the country importing the arms and training hides it,” said Mack.

“What’s different is the head of the army exposed a little [on Facebook] and also the company,” he added.

He said there were also posts showing Myanmar troops training with the Israeli corner-shot rifle -- which allows soldiers to shoot around corners -- and a visit by Brigadier-General Mishel Ben Baruch, who heads the Israeli Defense Ministry's arms-export division and who Mack described as “a very secretive guy”.

“It's not a private company that is selling on their own mind [i.e., on its own initiative]; it's the policy of the State of Israel. All Israeli companies need to get a license [to sell] from the Ministry of Defense,” he said.

Mack said one of the deals Hlaing had revealed was the purchase of Dvora attack boats, which, he said, had also been used in alleged war crimes by the Sri Lankan military at the end of the decades-long civil war with separatist Tamil Tigers in 2009.

According to Mack, Israel legally only has to comply with UN Security Council embargoes, which are rarely agreed to because of the veto right.

In Myanmar's case, the veto right is used by China and is the reason why -- while the EU and U.S. do not sell arms to Myanmar according to their own policy -- Israel can continue to do so.

Although the case being presented by Mack is being heard in an open court and is using publicly available information, the Israeli state, which had argued the sales were a diplomatic affair that the court should not intervene in, requested that the case be placed under a gag order.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/20...despite_Ethnic_Cleansing_Reports#.Wc9Ih6jTTIU

 

[bd_4_ever]

If a solution is not found within 1 year, then Bangladesh should free Rohingya refugee to leave the country,BGB, Coast guard should not stop them,even arrange it secretly.Make them to be the headache for the entire world.

As good of an idea it sounds, its not possible due to numerous logistical and political reasons. This could have been however done during the mass migration of refugees last year to EU as quite clearly, they were not only Syrians.

Currently, given the situation and possible future threat to the Rohingyas, I doubt how many of them would want to leave BD and go back to Myanmar as well. The danger still remains as, technically, such military drives can be conducted again and we would be back to square one, unless UN or other international bodies can find a permanent solution to this issue - which I again doubt they will given how things are proceeding. So even if Myanmar opens border, is it going to fully work?

As the UN has been completely dysfunctional in this case, the only next alternative I see is triggering a complete arms embargo through NATO. The US, UK, France, Turkey - probably the 4 most influential countries in that Alliance have all sided by us in the Rohingya issue.

But do remember, unless it becomes a headache like the mass migration of 2016, it wouldn't be surprising if many countries dont bat an eyelid. That's the sad reality. Unless its on your shoulder, you dont get into the mess.

 

[prashantazazel]

How its different from you shithole who support terrorism/meddle in internal affairs in rest of subcontinent for pushing its agenda, interests and influence, but whine against Hafiz Saeed who haven't kill 0.1% of what your state sponsored terrorism killed in Sri Lanka? why dont you look at your own pathetic self instead of barking against others, Who supported and funded bengali militants against Pakistan? now you want to act as victim despite you lose more people in gutters then terrorism...

at least chinese are not blinded by religious hatred like sanghi swines, they are acting in their national interests. what reason your terror mata have to support Rohingya genocide? do you also need their port in Indian ocean like China to avoid malacca strait?

Can't blame the Sanghi swines after 1947. They think they are acting in national interest too.

 

[Trango Towers]

It was expected from china that they will veto any UNSC resolution which goes against their interests. When china vetoed declaration of hafiz saeed as terrorist by UN, the very same ppl praised them to heaven.

Veto power has been endlessly abused for their own selfish interests, here in this case china actually stood to lose nothing. But they decided to veto bcos america might have vetoed it and gained a foot hold in myanmar.

UNSC has to be made more democratic but given how fracture the political world is it is not going to happen any time soon.




great idea, with muslim countries support rohingyas will jump from frying pan to fire.
What is humanitarian issue will end up becoming a regional political issue.

At least russia and china can use back-channel diplomacy to bring some resolution. Any intervention by islamic states will only aggravate the issue further.

If they raped your mother in front of you. Took out the baby from your wife womb and killed it. Murdered your father in front of you will be inbthe frying pan or the fire? The world is doing nothing and won't do nothing. Look at what you are saying....effectively let them be killed, raped and murdered