A Myanmar parliamentary delegations, led by CRPH Chairman U Aung Kyi Nyunt, attend the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York, the National Unity Government urges forcibly conscripted youth to join revolutionary forces and U.S. congressional committees approve three bills targeting Myanmar’s military junta.
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1. The Myanmar parliamentary delegation led by Chairman of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), U Aung Kyi Nyunt, participated in the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, held at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA, on July 22. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) organized the forum under the theme "Gender Equality and Health: Fast Forwarding Progress." At the forum, the Myanmar delegation highlighted the widespread destruction inflicted on Myanmar’s healthcare sector following the military coup. They emphasized that due to worsening poverty, the people of Myanmar are facing serious physical and mental health challenges. The delegation also pointed out that displaced civilians urgently need shelter, food, clean drinking water, and medicine, and appealed to the international community for increased humanitarian assistance. In addition, CRPH Chairman U Aung Kyi Nyunt expressed his gratitude to Malaysia for its ongoing efforts concerning the Myanmar crisis and urged it to continue to stand with the Myanmar people.
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2. The National Unity Government (NUG) has strongly urged young people who have been forcibly conscripted into the military by the terrorist military junta to remain vigilant to developments on the ground and to contact the revolutionary forces and defect to the people’s side at the earliest possible opportunity. The NUG emphasized that all conscripted soldiers who defect will be warmly welcomed by the National Unity Government and its allied ethnic revolutionary organizations and will be safely protected within the community. The NUG condemns junta leader Min Aung Hlaing and his junta for conscripting nearly 70,000 young people under the "People's Military Service Law" due to battlefield losses. These conscripted youths are sent to training camps and then to combat zones. The junta, striving for 4,000 conscripts per intake, has intensified arbitrary detentions to meet quotas. The NUG warns that the junta's military service law grants it broad authority, which it abuses by treating the lives and futures of Myanmar's youth as expendable.
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3. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Unity Government issued an emergency statement on July 24th, stating that in response to escalating military tensions between ASEAN member states Thailand and Cambodia, the National Unity Government (NUG) has called for a peaceful and immediate resolution to the conflict. The statement voiced particular worry for the safety of citizens in both countries, as violence between Thailand and Cambodia had resulted in casualties. The NUG also urged Myanmar nationals who are currently residing, working, or traveling in Thailand and Cambodia's conflict-affected border regions to strictly adhere to the guidance, emergency instructions, and warnings issued by relevant national security officials in their host countries for their own safety. As Thailand, Cambodian and Myanmar nationals work together in the workplace and share living spaces, the NUG strongly encouraged Myanmar nationals to be careful and consider sharing or posting on social media that could further escalate the conflict.
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4. The White House has announced that three legislative bills aimed at sanctioning and pressuring Myanmar’s military junta have been approved by key U.S. congressional committees. The bills were passed on July 22 (U.S. time)/July 23 (Myanmar time) as junta leader Min Aung Hlaing sought renewed diplomatic engagement with the U.S. The bills target to block funds, impose sanctions, and hold the junta accountable for human rights abuses and war crimes. The bills include the No Funds for Burma Act (H.R. 4423), prohibiting U.S. funding to the junta; the BRAVE Burma Act (H.R. 3190), expanding sanctions on military-linked entities and those supplying aviation fuel. It also blocks increased IMF voting rights for Myanmar while the military remains in power and targets economic enablers of the junta. Burma Genocide Accountability and Protection Act (Burma GAP Act)—Provides humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees and internally displaced people in Myanmar and supports accountability for genocide and war crimes. The bill also promotes a federal democratic transition inclusive of all ethnic groups in Myanmar.
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5. The Political Prisoners’ Network of Myanmar (PPNM) reported on July 25 that political prisoner Ko Aung Naing Soe (also known as “Karen Lay”) died in Hpa-an Prison after being brutally beaten by about 30 prison staff. PPNM alleges prison authorities falsely attributed his death to heart failure to cover up the incident. Ko Aung Naing Soe, serving a 7-year sentence under Section 505(a), was deliberately left in a mixed ward during a reshuffling, increasing his vulnerability. On July 21, he was reportedly beaten to death by prison officers. PPNM notes increased repression against political prisoners in Hpa-an Prison, with even minor gestures resulting in violent punishment, violating basic human rights. PPNM's statement included the names and identification numbers of the prison officials allegedly involved and called on revolutionary forces to submit this information to judicial and accountability mechanisms to pursue justice for Ko Aung Naing Soe’s death.
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