Saturday, September 27, 2014 - New York—The meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Rohingya adopted the plan of action recommended by the OIC Special Envoy for Myanmar, Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, which calls on the Myanmar government to take action against people promoting hate speech and instigating violence. The plan also calls for holding inter-community and interfaith dialogue, allow internally displaced people (IDPs) to return to their homes, invest in the socio-economic development of the Rakhine region, and open up for international humanitarian assistance to reach the community that was affected by the ethnic violence that broke out in 2012.
The OIC Contact Group on Rohingya was held today, Thursday, 25 September 2014, in New York at the sidelines of the Annual Coordination Meeting of the OIC Foreign Ministers, under the chairmanship of the OIC Secretary General, Iyad Ameen Madani.
Albar briefed the meeting on his two visits to Myanmar since he was appointed Special Envoy last June where he met officials and visited the IDP camps. The meeting agreed to continue efforts to coordinate and dispatch humanitarian life-saving aid especially medical and nutrition supply to the affected areas in Myanmar. It also noted that infrastructure development assistance and community engagements would be more strategic and effective move in bringing peace in the affected areas.
The Meeting welcomed the Special Envoy's efforts to work with the Director General of the Arakan Rohingya Union (ARU) to develop a strategy for the Rohingya community to participate in the registration process in Rakhine state. Furthermore, the Meeting urged the Government of Myanmar to abide by its obligations under international law and human rights covenants and take all necessary measures to stop the violence and discrimination against Rohingya Muslims and continued attempts to deny their culture and Islamic identity. The Meeting also called upon Government of Myanmar to restore the citizenship of the Rohingya Muslims which was revoked in the Citizenship Act of 1982 and to have an inclusive transparent policy towards ethnic and religious communities, including the Rohingya Muslims.—NNI
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