The U.N.-backed Human Rights Council has approved a resolution by consensus to "dispatch urgently" an international fact-finding mission to Myanmar to probe alleged abuses by military and security forces, particularly in Rakhine state.
The 47-member body threw its weight Friday behind existing efforts to investigate alleged abuses including torture, rape, arbitrary killings and forced displacement of the country`s Muslim Rohingya minority.
Myanmar Ambassador Htin Lynn said a domestic investigative panel is already looking into the alleged crimes, and any council action should not worsen "an already complicated situation.
"The resolution says the council`s president will appoint the independent mission, which is to provide an update on its work in the council`s autumn session.
Some countries including China, India and Cuba dissociated themselves from the European Union-backed resolution.
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