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).
- Opinion by Chris Gunness  and Damian Lilly
- • September 13, 2022
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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
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- Opinion by Damian Lilly
- • March 17, 2022
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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
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- Opinion by Damian Lilly
- • May 19, 2021
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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…
- Categories: Asia, Humanitarian Aid, Myanmar, OPINIONS, Security Council