Rohingya Genocide: Do more, help The Gambia with funds for case at ICJ

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha yesterday urged the member states to do more and help The Gambia with funds to run the case on Rohingya genocide in the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

"We call upon all member states to support this fund created by the OIC. This case is a top priority for us," OIC secretary general told reporters after his meeting with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

Momen said, "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the OIC secretary general, and the president of Gambia sent a joint letter to the member states recently seeking support for the fund created by the OIC."

The OIC delegation will visit the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar today.

"They [OIC] have taken a leading role. Tomorrow [Monday] they will visit the Rohingya camps," Momen said yesterday.

The OIC secretary general said, "The Rohingya crisis is one of the top priority issues for the OIC," he said, adding that, they discussed the issues to maintain peace stability and development within the member states.

"We are here to convey our thanks for the tremendous efforts done by the Bangladesh government. These Rohingya people are suffering. They deserve peace, security, and better lives," said Hissein Brahim.

Later in the evening, the OIC Secretary General paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

As the Chancellor of the Islamic University of Technology (IUT), the OIC Secretary General will join the 35th Convocation of the IUT to be held on May 30, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.