Bangladesh informs UN of Myanmar’s non-cooperation

Bangladesh has shared the existing problems regarding the Rohingya issue with the UN and informed it about Myanmar’s non-cooperation in initiating the repatriation.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam conveyed these to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at a bilateral meeting on the Rohingya issue and the celebration of birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in New York.

The UN chief expressed deep concern over the delay in Rohingya repatriation, Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN said in a statement on June 11.

Bangladesh is now hosting over 1.2 million Rohingyas who are living in camps in Cox’s Bazar. Most of them came here after Myanmar launched a brutal crackdown targeting the mainly-Muslim ethnic minority in the pretext of a “clearance operation” on August 25, 2017.

Alam briefed Guterres about the latest situation.

The repatriation was scheduled to begin in January last year but later the date was shifted to November 15. However, it is yet to happen.

Alam also informed Guterres about steps to put Myanmar’s accountability issue over Rohingya crisis before the International Court.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation recently called upon the ad hoc ministerial committee to take immediate measures to launch the case of Myanmar’s human rights violations at the International Court of Justice on behalf of OIC.

Alam requested the participation of the UN head and UN as a body in the celebration of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary and golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence.

Guterres lauded Bangladesh’s progress under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.