Mia Farrow said Friday the world should use next month's Olympic Games as a platform to demand that China end its support for Myanmar's junta.
China is Myanmar's most important ally, providing economic, military and other aid patch Western nations shun the military-ruled country because of its poor human rights record and failure to restore democracy.
China objects to Western criticisms of Myanmar's junta, saying conditions in the sE Asian land have improved dramatically since a vehement crackdown on peaceful protests in September last year.
The actress held a newsworthiness conference in Bangkok after visiting the Myanmar-Thailand border with a delegation from the Nobel Women's Initiative, a group founded by female recipients of the Nobel Peace prize.
"If on that point is sufficiency international pressing and if voices ar raised forte enough, we can bear on China to change its position on Burma," Farrow told The Associated Press. Myanmar was formerly known as Burma.
Farrow also lamented President Bush's decision to attend the opening ceremonies, saying it was "a missed opportunity for the United States to stand strong by its have principles."
"A statement could sustain been made," she said.
In the run up to the Olympics, Farrow has campaigned worldwide to urge China to aid stop the killings in Sudan's westerly Darfur neighborhood. China has been one of Sudan's biggest trading partners and sells it weapons.
Reading from a argument, Farrow urged the United Nations and the international community to take action to protect women in Myanmar from sexual development and pervert in areas hit by a deadly cyclone in May.
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