Topic: 2025 – Situation in Myanmar
Country: Japan
Delegate Name: Homayon Khalili
Special Political and Decolonization Committee (SPECPOL)
Situation in Myanmar
Japan
Homayon Khalili
Myanmar has been in a civil war since a coup in February 2021, which the Tatmadaw carried out. The military junta is presently fighting multiple ethnic and anti-junta resistance groups, utilizing airstrikes, “scorched-earth” tactics, and crackdowns, which have dominated human life. Upwards of 80,000 people are predicted to have died so far in this civil war. 17.6 million people currently require humanitarian assistance, 1.6 million are currently displaced, and over 55,000 buildings have been destroyed. Tens of thousands have fled to neighboring countries, as the Tatmadaw now controls over 40% of the nation. Low morale and desertions currently plague the forces, resulting in manpower shortages. The SAC has utilized horrible tactics, including burnings, beheadings, mutilations, war rape, torching villages, and extensive aerial bombing campaigns that displaced over 3 million people.
Japan has publicly urged a stoppage in violence, to release detainees, most notably Aung San Suu Kyi, and a restoration of democratic governance while offering humanitarian assistance. While Japan has not imposed as heavy sanctions on the nation as other Western allies, it still holds the offenders accountable. Japan is in favor of placing economic sanctions, taking in refugees, and donating humanitarian assistance as needed. Japan supports and backs the frameworks presented by ASEAN, including the “Five-Point Consensus.”
Japan has currently provided over $109.5 million in humanitarian assistance to Myanmar via NGOs since 2021. In March of 2024, Japan announced an additional $37 million in humanitarian aid to support medical services, nutrition to pregnant women and infants, water and sanitation, education, food and medical distribution, and drug treatment and rehab. Japan has supported UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP, and more. Japan recommends a complete stoppage to all fighting and a continuous flow of any and all aid needed to help the innocent and indoctrinated.
