HOLLYWOOD and music stars, including Tim Robbins and Kate Pierson of The B-52s, right, have called on the United Nations to pass its first-ever resolution on Burma, where a brutal offensive against ethnic minority people is continuing.
The appeal was delivered in a letter sent to the office of the UN Secretary General after a gathering in New York City last week by nearly 500 activists to highlight the humanitarian crisis in Burma, also known as Myanmar, the private human rights group Witness said.
"It is past time for the issue of Burma to be addressed by the UN's most powerful body, the Security Council," the letter said, urging the resolution to be passed before the end of the year.
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