

“Instead of wringing our hands wondering what to do, the international community can and must work formally with the NUG and get assistance across borders into the country and to the people who need it,” Chris Sidoti of SAC-M said. People throughout the country are facing starvation as a result. Repeated military offensives have prevented farmers in the northwest and east from planting and harvesting their yearly rice crops, which are the main source of local food supply.


The world can either watch on or resolve the military junta-made crisis by formally recognising and engaging with the legitimate representatives of the Myanmar people – the National Unity Government (NUG), the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) says.Īcross Myanmar the military junta has blocked access roads, cutting off communities’ food and medical supplies, burned food stores and killed livestock. People throughout Myanmar are facing starvation.
