COVID-19 response in Myanmar: Civil society organisations urge IFIs not to collaborate with the junta

A coalition of 225 organisations argues that providing COVID-19 aid through Myanmar's military junta would legitimize the regime and undermine public health, calling instead for direct support to civil society and the protection of gas revenues for humanitarian use.

• The signatories argue that the military junta is the primary obstacle to pandemic response in Myanmar, rather than a lack of funding, and that providing aid to junta-controlled entities would constitute an attack on public health.
• The Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) has significantly impacted the healthcare system, with approximately 50,000 out of 110,000 Ministry of Health and Sports staff joining the movement, including 70% of the Yangon headquarters, resulting in the closure of 357 of the country's 1,162 public hospitals.
• The letter recommends that International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and States avoid collaborating with the regime, establish mechanisms to work directly with civil society and Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs), and place gas revenues into protected accounts for humanitarian purposes.

APA

rrotadmin (2021). COVID-19 response in Myanmar: Civil society organisations urge IFIs not to collaborate with the junta. Recourse. https://re-course.org/newsupdates/covid-19-response-in-myanmar-civil-society-organisations-urge-ifis-not-to-collaborate-with-the-junta/

Chicago

rrotadmin. COVID-19 response in Myanmar: Civil society organisations urge IFIs not to collaborate with the junta. Recourse, 2021. https://re-course.org/newsupdates/covid-19-response-in-myanmar-civil-society-organisations-urge-ifis-not-to-collaborate-with-the-junta/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=rrotadmin |title=COVID-19 response in Myanmar: Civil society organisations urge IFIs not to collaborate with the junta |publisher=Recourse |date=17 March 2021 |url=https://re-course.org/newsupdates/covid-19-response-in-myanmar-civil-society-organisations-urge-ifis-not-to-collaborate-with-the-junta/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{rrotadmin2021covid19, author = {rrotadmin}, title = {{COVID-19 response in Myanmar: Civil society organisations urge IFIs not to collaborate with the junta}}, publisher = {Recourse}, year = {2021}, month = mar, url = {https://re-course.org/newsupdates/covid-19-response-in-myanmar-civil-society-organisations-urge-ifis-not-to-collaborate-with-the-junta/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }