UN peacekeeping invitation to Myanmar slammed

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is criticizing the United Nations (UN) for raising the possibility of Myanmar contributing UN peacekeepers. The New York-based group says the nation's military remains among the most abusive in the world. The group voices its concerns in a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that it made public Thursday. Human Rights Watch says that despite Myanmar's democratic opening, its military remains unreformed and continues to use child soldiers. Myanmar's UN mission did not immediately comment, according to a news agency.