New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- The democratic forces are gaining ground and the military junta is "losing", Myanmar's Permanent Representative Kyaw Moe Tun, who represents the democratically-elected government overthrown in a coup three years ago, has said while appealing for effective UN Security Council action against the dictatorship.

"We the people of Myanmar are unified in opposition to the military dictatorship. And if we wish to live in a free, peaceful, inclusive, just and democratic society", he told reporters on Monday before a closed Council meeting on the situation in that nation.

"Democratic Forces are gaining ground and the military junta is losing every day", he said.

"But we need help from the international community, coordinated...