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UN envoy warns Security Council of 'imminent bloodbath,' civil war in Myanmar

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Yangon, Apr 1 (EFE/EPA).- The United Nations' special envoy on Myanmar warned the body's Security Council on Wednesday that a "bloodbath is imminent" in the Southeast Asian nation if the 15 members fail to take action against its military junta."Consider all available tools to take collective action and do what is right, what the people of Myanmar deserve and prevent a multi-dimensional catastrophe in the heart of Asia," envoy Christine Schraner Burgener said in a speech obtained by Efe before the closed-door meeting.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF FUNERALS OF VICTIMS OF THE MILITARY AND B-ROLL OF PROTESTS IN MYANMAR.

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