A Buddhist monk holds a placard during a protest outside the United Nations (UN) office in Colombo October 1, 2007. Monks from Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Nepal, Cambodia and Sri Lanka handed over a petition to the UN office in Sri Lanka seeking the immediate intervention of the UN in restoring democracy and stopping the government in Myanmar, the Myanmar Buddhist Monks Association said. The monks delivered the same petition to the embassies of the United Kingdom, the United States, China, France, Russia and India in Colombo