Desk Report
Publish: 23 Mar 2022, 08:41 pm
Rohingya Camp || Photo: Collected
A resolution titled ‘Situation of the Rohingya Muslim
Community in Myanmar’ has been adopted unanimously at OIC’s Council of Foreign
Ministers (CFM) to keep the momentum in exerting continuous pressure on Myanmar
authorities.
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen led a five-member
Bangladesh delegation to the 48th CFM held in Islamabad from 22-23 March with
the theme of “Partnering for Unity, Justice and Development” where several
political, economic, social, cultural and security issues were discussed.
In his speech, Masud called for taking proactive role by the
member states and international actors to address the Rohingya issue, a foreign
ministry press release said here.
He urged to remain involved to put continuous pressure on
Myanmar authorities to ensure safe and dignified return of the Rohingyas to
their homeland.
He also called the member states for a voluntary
contribution to the fund created by OIC to run the case against Myanmar at the
International Court of Justice.
The foreign secretary reiterated Bangladesh’s continued
engagements with the OIC which has always been guided by the principles of
peace, prosperity, and development.
He highlighted on Bangladesh’s prudent navigation of economy
during the COVID-19 period under the leadership of the Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina while called for fair share of vaccine and transfer of jab technology.
Masud also expressed Bangladesh’s strong commitment to
establish peace process for Palestine, denounce Islamophobia, hate-crimes
against Muslims, stop all form of terrorism including financing in terrorism,
radicalization, and violent extremism.
The Bangladesh delegation was also comprised with
Bangladesh’s Envoys to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan and the senior officials of
the foreign ministry joined the meeting.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, an Open-ended Meeting of the OIC Ad
Hoc Ministerial Committee on Accountability for Human Rights Violations against
the Rohingyas was also held on the margin of the CFM.
Foreign Secretary
Momen also delivered statement at the brainstorming Session titled ‘Role of the
Islamic World in Fostering Peace, Justice and Harmony’.
Since August 25 in 2017, Bangladesh has been hosting over
1.1 million forcefully displaced Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar district and most of
them arrived there after a military crackdown by Myanmar, which the UN called a
"textbook example of ethnic cleansing" and other rights groups dubbed
it as "genocide".
In the last four-and-half-years, not a single Rohingya went
back home. Myanmar agreed to take them back, but repatriation attempts failed
twice due to trust deficit among the Rohingyas about their safety and security
in Rakhine state.
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