“Today was the bloodiest day since the coup took place,” said Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener, adding that the total death toll since February 1 is now 50.
About 1,200 people have been detained, while many relatives are not sure where they are being held, Burgener said.
“All the tools available are needed now to stop this situation,” she said. “We need a unity of the international community, so it is up to the member states to take the right measures.”
CNN contacted the governing military regime by email, but has yet to receive a response.
For weeks, protesters have demanded the release of democratically elected officials, including the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is currently in detention. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) Party won a landslide victory in the November elections; military leaders allege electoral fraud, but have not provided evidence for their allegation.
World leaders have asked that Myanmar’s elected leaders be restored.
A speech by Myanmar’s ambassador to the UN, Kyaw Moe Tun, generated rare applause last week after he said he represents the country’s civilian government and called on the international community to use “all necessary means” to help end the conflict. blow.
On Wednesday, a deputy ambassador to Myanmar, U Tin Maung Naing, resigned after military rulers appointed him to replace Frank Kyaw Moe Tun.
Pope Francis also opined on the deteriorating situation in Myanmar on Wednesday, calling for the release of political prisoners in the country and an end to the violence.
“I also appeal to the international community to act so that the aspirations of the people of Myanmar are not suppressed by violence. May the young people of that dear land have the opportunity to hope for a future where hatred and injustice are replaced by meetings and reconciliation, “he said during his weekly audience.
CNN’s Pauline Lockwood, Akanksha Sharma, Mitchell McCluskey and Jennifer Deaton contributed to this report.