Written questions

Myanmar: Food Supply

Commons · Question 52754 · Tabled 15 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 21 May 2025

Question

Asked by Luke Akehurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether the Myanmar military is violating United Nations Security Council Resolution 2417 in (a) Rakhine State and (b) other places.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 21 May 2025

We continue to call on the Myanmar military to allow full, unrestricted humanitarian access in Myanmar and to respect fundamental humanitarian principles, including in Rakhine state. One in four households in Myanmar are in acute food insecurity. The UK h...