Statement by the United Nations in Myanmar

Further to the call by the Secretary-General on 21 April for a full and transparent investigation into the incident and for the perpetrators to be brought to justice, the United Nations in Myanmar welcomes the establishment by the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar of an investigation committee on the attack on a UN vehicle in Minbya Township in Rakhine state which resulted in the death of Mr. Pyae Sone Win Maung, a personnel (driver) of the World Health Organization (WHO).

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