'People Across Myanmar Are Living in Daily Fear for Their Lives' - OCHA

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Published Jun 22, 2024

Briefing by Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director of the Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division of OCHA, on the The situation in Myanmar - Security Council, 9595th meeting.

The Director of Financing and Partnerships Division in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Lisa Doughten, said, “people across Myanmar are living in daily fear for their lives, especially since the recent implementation of the National Conscription Law, while their ability to access essential goods and services, and to cope with the crisis, is stretched to its limits.”

She stressed that 2.8 million people have now been displaced, “90 percent of them since the military takeover,” and “many of these people require urgent access to food, shelter and safety.”

As the number of people fleeing increases, Doughten said “it will be critical to sustain international and regional attention on the crisis, including on strengthening the protection of refugees in the region.”