Burma: UN Security Council meeting requested by London for Friday

The United Kingdom has requested a new meeting of the UN Security Council on Burma for Friday, AFP learned from diplomatic sources on Tuesday (March 2nd).

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This meeting will be behind closed doors, according to the proposal of London, in charge of the Burmese file at the UN, according to the same sources. The last meeting of the Security Council since the February 1 coup was held on February 2 and already behind closed doors. Two days later, it resulted in the publication of a joint declaration by the 15 members of the UN, which expressed the Council's concern without, however, condemning the coup d'état.