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Global Witness welcomes the news that oil & gas giants Total and Chevron will withdraw from Myanmar. The United States and France must urgently back sanctions on the country’s oil and gas industry.

The landslide that struck Hpakant today highlights the devastating toll of the military coup on jade mining communities in northern Myanmar and the urgent need to prevent the junta using the country’s natural resources as a financial lifeline

The Myanmar junta’s decision to hold an international gems emporium demonstrates the urgent need for tougher international measures to ensure conflict resources are not turned into a financial lifeline for the cash-strapped regime