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How is the UN supposed to stop a military coup?

In the past, via a UN Peacekeeping detachment.

https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/military

Peacekeeping missions have operated as recently as 2004-2017 in Haiti to stabilize the country after a coup (MINUSTAH).

Most Myanmar people are hoping that there will be some UN peacekeeping troops so that the military cannot just load up machine guns on the truck (e.g., https://scontent.fewr1-5.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/163001326_10...) and shoot people randomly (e.g., NSFW image of a 7-year old boy shot and killed today https://scontent.fewr1-6.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/163537200_24...).

I personally don't trust in UN and don't think of them as an effective organization.

Peacekeeping , as the name implies, only works after a ceasefire is reached. The UN does not invade countries

When they say "I grew up thinking" obviously they're not referring to the recent coup or the time after.

Myanmar was under effective military rule for a long time and only made strides towards becoming a liberal democracy in the last decade - until the coup happened.

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