Sri Lanka among 36 countries abstained yesterday from United Nations General Assembly resolution on arms embargo on Myanmar.
The resolution was adopted with 119 countries voting in favour only one member state, Belarus voting against it.
Sri Lanka among the 36 countries with China, Russia and India abstained from the resolution.
In a rare move, the UN general assembly has condemned Myanmar’s military coup and called for an arms embargo against the country in the resolution demonstrating widespread global opposition to the junta and demanding the restoration of the country’s democratic transition, Associated Press reported.