UN rights body unanimously adopts Myanmar resolution
The 47-member Geneva forum adopted a resolution brought by Britain and the European Union (EU) unanimously without a vote
FILE PHOTO: Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Parliament buildings on the Stormont estate in Belfast, October 24, 2013 REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton/File Photo
The top United Nations human rights body called on Myanmar on Friday to release Aung San Suu Kyi and other officials and to refrain from using violence on people protesting against the military coup.
The 47-member Geneva forum adopted a resolution brought by Britain and the European Union (EU) unanimously without a vote, although Russia and China said afterwards that they "disassociated" themselves from the consensus.
Myanmar's envoy said before the vote that the resolution was "not acceptable".
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