Escalating conflict in Myanmar: joint statement by UK and partners

GOV.UK
From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published24 May 2024

 Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States released a statement on the escalating conflict in Myanmar.

We, Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, are deeply concerned by the escalating conflict in Myanmar and in particular the increasing harm to civilians, which are driving a worsening and devastating human rights and humanitarian crisis across the country.

Joint Statement by Rohingya Organisations Worldwide

Joint Statement by Rohingya Organisations Worldwide
UNSC Must Act on Increased Atrocities Against Rohingya – Don’t Repeat Past Mistakes

 
February 28, 2024

We, the undersigned worldwide Rohingya organisations, call on the UN Security Council notto repeat the same mistake in failing to act before the military offensives of 2016 and 2017 andconvene an urgent meeting to discuss the escalating crisis in Rakhine State, Burma.

The UN Security Council has already been failing in its obligation to address the issue of the Burmese military ignoring the provisional measures to prevent ongoing genocide of theRohingya, which were ordered by the International Court of Justice.

Joint statement from INGO's: ASEAN must prevent another “Rohingya boat crisis”

NORWEGIAN REFUGEES COUNCIL
Published 11. Nov 2020

 

Southeast Asian leaders must do everything they can to protect refugees and prevent a repeat of this year’s “boat crisis” when some 200 refugees lost their lives at sea, 16 humanitarian agencies said today ahead of the 37th ASEAN Summit.

Signatores on the statement are ActionAid, CARE, International Rescue Committee, Lutheran World Federation, Médecins du Monde France, Médecins du Monde Japan, Médecins du Monde Switzerland, MOAS, NONGOR, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, People in Need Myanmar, Plan International, Save the Children, Solidarités International, World Vision International.