Today, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement:
“Five years ago today, Myanmar’s military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government. Since the coup, the situation has deteriorated into one of the world’s most severe human rights and humanitarian crises. The conflict has displaced more than 3.6 million people internally and left more than 16 million in need of humanitarian assistance, including 5 million children.