United Nations Security Council meeting on Burma on Wednesday

The United Kingdom has requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday on Burma after the bloodiest weekend since the February 1 coup, diplomatic sources learned on Monday.

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The 15 members of the Security Council will begin their session, which will take place behind closed doors, with a briefing on the situation by the UN envoy, Christine Schraner Burgener, the same sources said.