The Acting President of the National Unity Government, H.E. Duwa Lashi La, makes the remarks at the commemoration ceremony of the 36th anniversary of the founding of the National League for Democracy, the Ministry of Defense of the National Unity Government issues a statement that the terrorist military junta is intentionally cutting off communication channels and confiscating aid and relief materials that will be delivered to the people affected by the flood and the military junta bombards Lashio city once again just hours after urging the revolutionary forces to resolve the political issue through political means.
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1. The Acting President of the National Unity Government, H.E. Duwa Lashi La, delivered the remarks on September 27th, at the commemoration ceremony of the 36th anniversary of the founding of the National League for Democracy. According to the Acting President, the National League for Democracy has faced a number of political issues and challenges. As a result, he believes it has been able to build upon its mature political ideas and practices throughout history. During the Spring Revolution, the National League for Democracy faced various political challenges. Despite the numerous restrictions of the situation, we can see that the NLD leaders and party members stood up for what they could accomplish. The Acting President also said that the military junta's imprisonment of National League for Democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other national leaders offend public opinion and will.
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2. The Ministry of Defense of the National Unity Government has issued a statement that the terrorist military junta is intentionally carrying out vile and brutal actions such as cutting off communication channels and confiscating aid and relief materials that were scheduled to be distributed to flood-affected areas. Due to the powerful typhoon Yagi, flooding have devastated tens of thousands of local people in various parts of Myanmar. It has been reported that the number of dead and missing people has exceeded 1,000. According to the statement, the People's Defense Forces (PDF), battalion columns and lines, and People's Defense Teams (PaKaPha) under the supervision of the Ministry of Defense of the National Unity Government are providing aid, dry foods, cash, and relief work to flood-affected people in their jurisdiction and control. Photos of PDFs and PaKaPha comrades working on relief and logistics activities have also been released accessible to the public.
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3. The military junta attacked Lashio City again within hours urging the revolutionary forces to resolve the political dispute through political means. The military junta reportedly dropped three bombs on a residential area in Lashio City and Myoma Market in Northern Shan State early on September 27th. The attack killed two people, a man and a woman, and injured at least six others, including a pregnant mother. On September 26, at 8:00 p.m. the military junta issued a statement inviting ethnic armed forces and PDFs to find a political solution to the political problem. On September 27, at 3:30 a.m., the military junta launched an aerial bombardment of Lashio City, which is controlled by the Kokang Army MNDAA.
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4. Benjamin Suarato, spokesperson for USAID's Office of Press Relations, issued a statement on September 24th condemning the attack on schools in Myanmar, which threatens the ability to create and provide safe educational spaces for more than 300,000 children and youth, on September 24th. With 174 documented attacks on schools in the past two years, Myanmar’s targeted attacks on civilian areas are killing civilians and denying children and youth their right to a safe education. These targeted attacks threaten the work USAID does in solidarity with local education partners and international organizations to create and support safe learning spaces for more than 300,000 children and youth in Myanmar affected by conflict. For the safety of the Myanmar people, especially students and educators, attacks on Myanmar’s schools must end now.
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5. The Union Minister for the Ministry of Human Rights of the National Unity Government, U Aung Myo Min stated on September 25th, that regarding the interactive dialogue on Myanmar with the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as UNOHCHR’s corresponding report on the human rights situation in Myanmar. The Deputy High Commissioner pointed out that Myanmar continues to sink into an abyss of human suffering. The Union Minister also stated that in the report submitted on September 23rd, that the Myanmar military's airstrikes and heavy weaponry are being deliberately targeted at civilians. In addition, it also mentions the manipulation of humanitarian aid during Cyclone Yagi, the deliberate destruction of Myanmar youth through a campaign of forced conscription; and the “rampant” use of torture and sexual violence against women and LGBTI persons in arbitrary detention. It also addresses the grave situation in northern Rakhine State, where horrific reports and images have emerged from Maungdaw Township and surrounding areas. This raises the alarm about potential new atrocities against the Rohingya, the Rakhine, and other minority communities. The Deputy High Commissioner proposed three steps, each of which Myanmar supports; concrete action to block the flow of arms, other military material and aviation fuel to the junta; and a renewed political process through direct engagement with the National Unity Government, ethnic armed groups, civil society, women and young people to define Myanmar's future. The third one is finding creative ways to get humanitarian aid to all communities in need, including through cross-border operations and established ethnic, civil society and community-based organizations.
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