UN security council must act to stop 'bloodbath' in Myanmar, says envoy

Alternative civilian government proposes federal democracy charter', amid fears of civil war

Myanmar protesters have burned a copy of the country's military-drafted constitution as the UN envoy monitoring the crisis warned the security council of the risk of civil war and an imminent bloodbath" if the junta is allowed to continue violently repressing a pro-democracy movement.

I appeal to this council to consider all available tools to take collective action and do what is right, what the people of Myanmar deserve, and prevent a multidimensional catastrophe in the heart of Asia," the special envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, told the closed-door session.