Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report Situation of human rights in Myanmar, published on 4 September; what action they are taking with allies in the international community in response to that human rights situation; and what actions they are taking to ensure humanitarian aid reaches those displaced and in need in that country, without it falling into the hands of the military.

The UK supports the report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and strongly condemns all human rights violations in Myanmar. The UK continues to use targeted sanctions to pressure the military regime to change course: in February, we issued an 18th round of sanctions, targeting the Myanmar Security Force's access to finance, arms and equipment. Since the coup, the UK has provided more than £150 million for life-saving humanitarian assistance, and support for civil society and local communities in Myanmar. Over 50 per cent of our funding goes directly to local civil society organisations, overcoming humanitarian access restrictions to support the most vulnerable and hard to reach communities.