OIC Ministerial Contact Group on Rohingya Muslims Meets in New York

Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Date: 19/09/2023

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar held a meeting in New York on 19 September 2023 on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, under the chairmanship of the OIC Secretary-General Mr Hissein Brahim Taha. In his speech at the meeting, the Secretary-General recalled that 25 August marks the sixth anniversary of the heinous attack unleashed against the Rohingya by the Myanmar army, leading to the influx of large numbers of refugees from Rakhine state to neighboring countries, especially Bangladesh. He extolled the generosity and solidarity exhibited by Bangladesh in hosting more than a million refugees. He renewed the call to the international community to intensify efforts towards finding a sustainable solution to this logjam. The Secretary-General briefed the meeting about the outcome of his 30 May 2023 visit to Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh.

 

Rohingya activists bemoan failure of Muslim countries to address Myanmar crisis

MIDDLE EAST EYE
By Azad Essa in New York City
Published date: 11 February 2019 11:30 UTC

Activists accuse Muslim-majority governments of neglecting Rohingya after Riyadh deports another set of refugees to Bangladesh

Myanmar's military-led offensive in northwestern Rakhine state left thousands dead and uprooted almost a million Rohingya in 2017 (AFP)

Muslim-majority countries continue to prioritise economic interests over the rights and lives of the Rohingya-Muslim minority facing an ongoing genocide in Myanmar, activists and other attendees at an historic international conference in New York have told Middle East Eye.

New York conference critical of UN over Rohingya crisis

BIG
NEWS
NETWORK
Dildar Baykan - Anadolu Agency
11th February 2019, 10:23 GMT+11 

NEW YORK, New York - An international conference in New York called for the boycott of Myanmar due to ethnic cleansing accusations regarding the country.

The International Conference on Protection and Accountability in Burma held at Barnard College, Columbia University, in New York on Sunday, brought together the leading Rohingya campaigners, activists, renowned genocide scholars and UN officials.

Rohingya Activists Share Stories of Community's Plight.

Fars News Agency

Sun Feb 10, 2019

TEHRAN (FNA)- Fear, intimidation, repression and genocide; The words used by members of the Rohingya community to describe what is happening to them at the hands of Myanmar's military forces.

"Some may think that by leaving a repressive, genocidal regime, Rohingya will be free," Yasmin Ullah, a Rohingya activist, said, Anadolu news agency reported.

Rohingya activists demand action against Myanmar at NYC summit

A two-day international conference is urging collective and decisive action against Myanmar.

 

AL JAZEERA

by Azad Essa, 9 Feb 2019

Attacks on the Rohingya in 2017 left thousands dead and forced more than 700,000 people to flee to Bangladesh [File: Kaan Bozdogan/Anadolu]

New York City - The question of justice has dominated discussions at a New York conference on the persecution suffered by the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar.

Panellists, including international legal experts, Rohingya refugees, members of the diaspora and human rights activists, packed the James Room of Bernard College at Columbia University on Friday and Saturday, calling on the international community to take collective and decisive action against the Myanmar government.