On Wednesday, for the first time in a decade, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution on the situation in Myanmar calling for an end to violence and the release of all political prisoners, AFP and Agerpres reported.

The resolution “calls on” the military to “immediately release all those unjustly detained” and names former President Win Myint and leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The text also calls for an “immediate end to all forms of violence” and urges “all parties to respect human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law.”

The Security Council has never been able to overcome differences on the adoption of this country’s resolution and has never gone beyond official statements.

The decision adopted on Wednesday was approved by 12 votes “for” and none “against”. China and Russia abstained, refusing to use their veto power that would have blocked the initiative.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, 77, was arrested as head of government in a February 2021 military coup that ended a decade of democratic transition in the southern country. Since then, Myanmar has been plagued by chaos and violence, and its economy has suffered severely.

According to a local NGO, security forces killed more than 2,500 civilians.