FM, FS Test Positive for COVID-19

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen have tested positive for COVID-19.

They are doing fine and remain in isolation, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports UNB.

They both were scheduled to leave for Niger this morning (Wednesday) to attend the 47th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM).

The planned visit was cancelled as they got the Covid-19 test reports on Tuesday.

They went for COVID-19 test as per rules before travelling abroad.

They are now maintaining quarantine following health guidelines.

The Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold a meeting on the theme of "United Terrorism for Peace and Development" on 27-28 November.

At the meeting, the OIC will discuss ways to raise funds to support the Rohingya case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The OIC Secretariat in a media statement said the Council will discuss the situation of Muslim minorities and communities in non-member states, how to raise funds for the Rohingya case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as well as civilizational, cultural and religious dialogue promotion, and other matters that may come before the council.

Placed on the agenda of this year’s CFM session, Secretary General Dr Yousef Al-Othaimeen explains, is a list of topics and issues of concern to the Muslim world.

In addition to the Palestinian cause, the fight against violence, extremism and terrorism, islamophobia and religious defamation will also be discussed.

Over a two-day period, the OIC Foreign Ministers will also address political, humanitarian, economic, socio-cultural and other issues related to science and technology, the media and progress on the implementation of the 2025 OIC Action Plan.

The other item on the agenda is a brainstorming session on “Security and Humanitarian Challenges Confronting African Sahel States Members of the OIC”.

Bangladesh is now hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar district.

Gambia has filed a more than 500-page memorial, which also contains more than 5000 pages of supporting material, in its complaint against Myanmar at the ICJ in The Hague, alleging that the Government of Myanmar is responsible for the genocide against Rohingya.

In November 2019, Gambia opened a lawsuit against Myanmar at the ICJ, also known as the World Court, for failing to avoid or punish genocide against Rohingya Muslims.

On 23 January 2020, the ICJ unanimously indicated that there were legally binding provisional measures requiring the Government of Myanmar to take all steps within its jurisdiction to prevent any acts of genocide, such as killing, causing serious mental or physical injury, or other acts referred to in the Genocide Convention, from being committed.

It also mandates the government, among other steps, to retain proof of genocide and report to the court every six months on its progress in enforcing the order.

The U.N. on September 22, Thomas Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, provided satellite images of a Rohingya village in Rakhine State, Khan Da Para, also known as Kan Kya, before and after it was targeted and destroyed in August 2017 during military-led "clearance operations."