The UN special envoy to Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgner warned the members of the UN Security Council of a catastrophe in the region, but the council failed to reach a draft statement to send a "firm and unified message" to the leaders of the military coup in Myanmar.

During a Security Council session that concluded late Wednesday evening, the UN envoy to Myanmar said that Myanmar might slide into a failed state, and that the Rohingya will suffer the most.

Burgner appealed to the council members, saying "to consider all available tools to take collective action against the coup, to do the right thing, and to prevent a multi-dimensional catastrophe in the heart of Asia."

Burgner estimated the number of people arrested since the Myanmar army coup at about 2,559, while the number of deaths at the hands of the army and police reached 521.

Burgner expected that the army will not deal with the mediation of the international community, except when it feels its ability to contain the situation with repression, calling for responding to the call of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres with a firm response and measures that can reverse the course of events.

Myanmar: The Special Envoy warns of an "unprecedented civil war and an imminent bloodbath"

It calls on the Security Council to consider all available tools:

To take collective action and do what is right for the


people of Myanmar and to


prevent a multi-dimensional catastrophe in the heart of Asia!

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For his part, the Chinese delegate to the council said that pressure and imposition of sanctions will only exacerbate tension and confrontation and increase complication.

He added that diplomatic efforts should be intensified and the parties encouraged to narrow differences to find a way out of the crisis in Myanmar.

After the session, which lasted more than 3 hours, Britain's delegate to the United Nations, Barbara Woodward, told reporters that her country “requested a meeting of the Security Council in the wake of the horrific events of March 27 in which the Tatmadaw (the Myanmar army) killed more than 100 civilians in a day.” One, including 6 children. "

"We are already witnessing an extension to neighboring countries, as nearly 3 thousand civilians fled Myanmar to Thailand at the end of last week to escape the military bombardment," she added.

In early February, military leaders in Myanmar carried out a military coup, followed by the arrest of senior leaders in the country, including President Win Myint and Chancellor Aung San Sochi.