He cited Singapore, which has clamped down on gross sales of kit for navy use, and such transfers fell by 83 per cent final 12 months, Andrews instructed a press convention in Geneva.
However he burdened that this was not the case for Russia and China, respectively the primary and second suppliers of arms to the junta.
Nevertheless, Andrews stated, extra may very well be carried out to stifle the junta financially.
“We have to have a elementary change in how we’re making use of the sanctions. We have to do it in a coordinated, targeted manner,” he stated.
Andrews is investigating banking and monetary relations between the junta and the remainder of the world and hopes to publish a report on the topic later this 12 months.
He additionally warned of missing world deal with Myanmar’s destiny because the world concentrates on different conflicts.
“The junta are like mushrooms: they thrive at midnight,” he stated.
“What’s necessary is to put the bottom for a democratic, human rights-respecting Myanmar.
“We want as a world neighborhood to do far more to assist the individuals contained in the nation, but when we do … we may very well be very near ending this nightmare.”
