UN Security Council should visit Myanmar, says UN official

Special envoy of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Pramila Patten urged the UN body to visit Myanmar over reported large scale violence by the Army against Rohingyas.

"Some witnesses reported women and girls being tied to either a rock or a tree before multiple soldiers raped them to death," Patten told the Security Council.

Patten said the 15-member Security Council should visit Myanmar to get a first-hand account of the Rohingya crisis sweeping Myanmar.

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UN said recently over 620,000 Rohingyas have crossed over to Bangladesh after August 25th due to atrocities by the Myanmar Army.

Patten said that a Security Council resolution should demandan immediate end to violations against civilians in Rakhine state and outlining measures to hold the perpetrators accountable "would send an important signal."

The Myanmar Army has repeatedly denied committing any atrocities against the Rohingyas.

A United Nations women's rights panel had earlier asked the Myanmar government for a report of the last months on rapes and sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls by the security forces in Rakhine state.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) also asked Myanmar authorities to provide details on women and girls killed in the violence since the army crackdown began in late August.