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France sees Security Council 'cowardice' on Myanmar
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Monday countries on the U.N. Security Council that did not agree to pressure Myanmar into opening its doors to foreign aid were guilty of "cowardice".France has tried unsuccessfully to convince the Council that Myanmar's military rulers should let aid reach the victims of Cyclone Nargis under a "responsibility to protect" principle recognized in a 2005 U.N. resolution. China, Russia, Vietnam and South Africa have opposed Council involvement in what they say is a humanitarian, not a political issue. "We denounce the impending death of thousands more civilians, and we are accused of meddling in the internal affairs of a sovereign state," Kouchner, who founded medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, said in an opinion piece in newspaper Le Monde. Posted by: Fred 2008-05-20 |
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