Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis is worsening as international aid declines, five years after the start of a conflict marked by serious human rights abuses, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said in a statement report Published Monday.
The report found that cuts and suspensions of foreign funding jeopardize the locally driven protection efforts that civil society organizations and local government structures have built to protect civilians, even as the military continues to attack civilians. Such community-based mechanisms, OHCHR said, have been the only source of early warning, emergency response and humanitarian coordination in many areas.
OHCHR too reported As foreign actors continue to transfer weapons, ammunition, jet fuel and other dual-use items to the military in Myanmar, she warned that this could lead to violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.
Covers the period from August 2025 to the end of January 2026 and includes the military period notice The report documented at least 702 confirmed civilian deaths, mostly in the central regions and Rakhine State. About it loudly OHCHR476 were attributed to airstrikes, including 111 deaths – including 43 women and 10 children – recorded before voting began in December.
The decline in funding has forced program cuts, closures and layoffs across civil society, hitting ethnic media and women’s organizations particularly hard, the report said. Military blockades and reduced support have degraded emergency medical care and led to the closure or downsizing of refuges for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged stronger international action and said the people of Myanmar appeared to have been “forgotten by those outside the country.” He added:
The international community should hold up a mirror and ask itself: Will we fail the people of Myanmar again after a decade of severe suffering? The answer must be no.
Türk renewed his call for an immediate cessation of hostilities and called on all parties to facilitate humanitarian access to civilians in urgent need of food, clean water, medicine and basic supplies.
