Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking as penholder of the UN Security Council on Myanmar to call for the referral of the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor.

The UK fully supports the International Criminal Court (ICC); however, our assessment remains that there is insufficient support amongst Security Council members for an ICC referral on the situation in Myanmar. It will not advance the cause of accountability in Myanmar for an ICC referral to fail to win Security Council support or to be vetoed; such a result would only give comfort to the Myanmar Armed Forces and reduce the pressure they currently face.  In the event that an arrest warrant is issued, the UK will act in accordance with its international obligations.