The United Nations Secretary-General’s office spoke out Wednesday about the 9 October nighttime massacre of dozens of civilians in a Kachin State IDP camp by the Myanmar junta.

The following is the statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Myanmar, Stéphane Dujarric.

The Secretary-General is alarmed by reports of the killing of dozens of civilians – including internally displaced persons, many of them women and children - in a bombing in Myanmar’s Kachin state on 9 October. Those responsible must be held to account.

The Secretary-General condemns all forms of violence, including the military’s intensifying attacks throughout the country, which continue to fuel regional instability. He continues to urge neighboring countries in particular to leverage their influence.

The Secretary-General reaffirms that civilians should be protected in accordance with international humanitarian law.