United Nations, 1 October (IPS) – On September 30, the United Nations (UN) called a high -level meeting about the situation of Rohingya -Moslims and other minorities in Myanmar shortly after the end of the 80th session of the general meeting (UNGA80). The conference was an opportunity to attract global attention to the Rohingya refugee situation with dialogue from UN officials, world representatives and social organizations.
Since the military action of 2017 on the rights and citizenship of Rohingya -Muslims in Myanmar, more than a million refugees have fled to Bangladesh, the most focused in Cox’s Bazar, which became the world’s largest refugee camp. Despite repeated repatriation efforts by the Bengalian government, constant uncertainty in Myanmar makes a safe return impossible, with refugees who are still at risk of persecution and discrimination.
Secretary-General António Guterres of the UN noted that Rohingya-Moslims and minorities are dealing with widespread uncertainty and discrimination, especially in the state of Rakhine. “Minorities in Myanmar have endured decades of exclusion, abuse and violence,” said Chef the Courtenay Rattray cabinet, who delivered Guternes’s statement on his behalf. “The Rohingya are stripped of their right to citizenship, aimed at hate -speech speech, terrorized with fatal strength and destruction, limited to relocation camps in Myanmar, with seriously limited freedom of movement and little access to education and health services.”
Rattray added that minorities are routinely subject to forced relocation, conscription, air strikes and extrajudicial murders. Sexual and gender -based violence remains omnipresent, in which women and girls are confronted with increased risks of human trafficking, child marriages and other forms of exploitation.
With humanitarian auxiliary budgets shrinking and escalating conflicts in Myanmar, delegates discussed mechanisms to guarantee the protection of Rohingya refugees and minorities, as well as strategies to facilitate a safe and worthy return home. Many speakers insisted on increased accountability measures, hoping to tackle the root causes of insecurity in Myanmar and to end the cycle of impunity.
“In order to create a favorable environment for repatriation, we must put an end to this military dictatorship and its atrocities against citizens, and we all have to double everything to build trust and unity among us,” said myanmar ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, permanent representative of Myanmar. “Solving the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar will not be possible unless we tackle the cause. We can only produce results by acting together to end the military dictatorship, the illegal coup and the culture of impunity.”
Numerous representatives of the Member States and civil society also emphasized the need for stronger measures, warning of significant risks for regional stability. Stavros Lambrinidis, ambassador of the European Union (EU) at the UN, noted that tensions have grown considerably between refugees and host communities, where minors often join armed groups, which risks further violence in the region.
“This crisis is not only a Myanmar crisis,” said Nabhit Kapur, the permanent observer of the Pan-African Intergovernmental Agency for Water and Sanitation in Africa (WSA) for the UN. “The implications extend far beyond the boundaries that influence regional peace, stability and trust in the foundations of multilateralism … The longer uncertainty prevails, the greater the risk of radicalization, human trafficking and destabilization in the entire region.”
Various speakers also underline the urgency of increased financing, in particular for essential services such as food aid, protection and education, that are vital to enable a worthy return to Myanmar. The World Food Program (WFP) warned that if extra financing is not quickly secured, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh run the risk of falling into acute food insecurity, with monthly food rations that may be reduced to only USD 6 per person.
Dylan Winder, a representative of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC), informed the Chamber about the circumstances in the Bazar settlement of Cox, in which the situation is “vulnerable” and completely dependent on humanitarian aid. “Families continue to live in hiding places that go beyond capacity and are exposed to disasters. Protection and security risks are serious and grow. And the harsh truth is that shrinking financing speeds up these risks – the humiliation of food rations, health care, including mother and pediatric health, and water and sanitation, violence, violence and trading and trading and trading and trading and trading and trading and trading and trading, and trading and trading, and trading and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and trading, and Trade -Disease, and Trade Disease
The chief advisor of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, emphasized that Bangladesh could not only tolerate this burden, because it is already faced with the challenge of supporting a densely populated nation and cannot afford to be the work of Rohingyas in Bangladesh continuing to be confronted with stresses with severe shortages, with severe shortages, with severe shortages, with severe shortages with severe shortages, with severe shortages, with the shortage of stresses, with stretches of stresses, with stretches of stresses, with stretches of stresses, with returns with returns, with returns with returns, with stretches of stretches, with stretches of stretches, with stretches of stretches, with stresses, as a shortage of their stretches, with stretching. Host communities. “We are forced to wear enormous financial, social and environmental costs. Criminal activities, including narco streams to Bangladesh via Rakhine, threaten our social fabric, “said Yunus.
Speakers also emphasized the need for an extensive political framework that guarantees the rights and citizenship of minorities, and promotes inclusion, in particular for women and children – the most vulnerable among the persecuted population. With Rohingya -Muslims, it was brought to a stateless and largely silence, many underwent the urgency of their meaningful representation in the decisions that will form their future.
“The military coup from 2021 stopped the Democratic ambitions of the people of Myanmar and the hope of the Rohingya to participate in shaping Myanmar’s future,” said the ambassador for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) to the UN. “The Rohingya crisis is not only a humanitarian and human rights crisis; it is a crisis of democracy and inclusion … without inclusion there can be no reconciliation; without democracy there can be no righteousness.”
Although this conference was intended to center the direct perspectives of Rohingya refugees from the camps, few speakers were refugees or came from the camps. The conference did not include Rohingya refugees who currently live in the camps. In previous years, Bangladesh and the UN had sponsored sponsored trips for Rohingya refugees to represent themselves in discussions that could form their own future. This year there were no, with Bengalian officials who have difficulty obtaining approval and safety problems.
“Peace in Myanmar is based on the recognition that the Rohingya are the same members of Burmese society, who also earn from education, citizenship, human rights and justice,” said the independent diplomat representative to the UN. “Real action was missing. Just as diplomatic experts and activists have convened in these rooms, the Rohingya have remained stateless, displaced and their own fundamental rights denied. The gap between our stated principles and our collective responsibility has enabled the cruelty to continue with unfavorable and the suffering of many people.”
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