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Damian Lilly

Damian Lilly, a Briton, is an independent consultant who until recently was based in Myanmar. He has worked with the UN for the last 15 years and is a member of the Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP).

OPINIONS

The UN General Assembly Must Fix Myanmar’s Muddled Representation and Send a Profound Message to the Junta

Opinion by Chris Gunness and Damian Lilly
• September 13, 2022

The United Nations General Assembly will soon make a decision that will affect the lives of 55 million people in Myanmar and could influence the fate of their nation as it stands at a crucial crossroad. This week, as…

Categories: General Assembly, Myanmar, OPINIONS, Security Council

OPINIONS

Follow-Up to UN Probe on Myanmar Isn’t Making a Big Difference for the People There

Opinion by Damian Lilly
• March 17, 2022

In 2019, the independent inquiry into the United Nations’ response to the Rohingya crisis, which drove 750,000 refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state into Bangladesh in 2017, found “systemic and structural failures.” UN Secretary-General António Guterres accepted all the findings…

Categories: Human Rights, Myanmar, OPINIONS

OPINIONS

Who Is Behind the High Civilian Death Toll Since Myanmar’s Coup? Its Own Security Forces

Opinion by Damian Lilly
• May 19, 2021

Since the military coup in Myanmar on Feb. 1, 802 civilians have been killed. The majority of the people who have been killed were peaceful protesters shot by state security forces — the very people that are meant to…