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Such a rough conflict. Definitely needs more attention

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 79%. (I'm a bot)

> United Nations special envoy Noeleen Heyzer has condemned an air raid by Myanmar's military in northern Kachin state that killed as many as 80 people, as she warned that a human rights and humanitarian crisis in the military-ruled country is exacting "a catastrophic toll on the people".

> Making her first briefing at the UN in New York since she visited Myanmar in August and met the head of the military government, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Heyzer said resistance to military rule was continuing in the country.

> "We are deeply saddened by the growing casualties, and the immense suffering that ordinary people in Myanmar have endured," the bloc's chair said, adding the violence was undermining efforts to implement a peace "Consensus" agreed between ASEAN and Myanmar's general last year.

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West and Asean should supply weapons to NUG, the parallel government and the main opposition force against the junta.