UNITED NATIONS, United States: China and Russia blocked a proposed United Nations Security Council statement on Friday (Saturday in Manila) that would have expressed concern over the tense situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, diplomats said.

Myanmar’s military carried out a four-month offensive against the Rohingya in northern Rakhine that UN human rights investigators have said likely resulted in atrocities and crimes against humanity.

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