ARU-DG at OIC Ministerial Contact Group meeting at UN General Assembly; Appeals OIC member states to use their bilateral relations with Myanmar to gain the rights of Rohingya
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| OIC Secretary General Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu addresses the delegates at the OIC Ministerial Contact Group Meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. |
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September 30, 2013
September 30, 2013
New York - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)’s Ministerial Contact Group Meeting was held at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2013. The meeting was attended by a number of delegates from OIC, including those from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Djibouti, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Turkey, UAE, and other countries. The meeting was presided by His Excellency Secretary General Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. The incoming Secretary General of OIC His Excellency Iyad bin Amin Madani was also present at the meeting. In his opening remarks, Secretary General Dr. Ihsanoglu provided the details of all the Rohingya issues handled by OIC, and a number of developments in the international arena. Dr. Ihsanoglu opened the floor to the Ministerial delegations, and several delegates spoke on the current status of their efforts, their achievements on Rohingya issues through diplomacy, and future recommendations. Dr. Wakar Uddin, Director General of Arakan Rohingya Union (ARU), opened his statements by expressing his deep gratitude, on behalf of Rohingya people, to OIC Secretary General Dr. Ihsanoglu for his relentless efforts to find a solution to Rohingya issues and also extended his gratitude to OIC member states for their support and serious efforts in solving these issues. On behalf of Rohingya people, Dr. Uddin also expressed his deep gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy mosques His Majesty King Abdullah and the Government of Saudi Arabia for His Majesty’s sympathy and support for Rohingya people in Burma, and granting the temporary legal residency to Rohingya in Saudi Arabia.
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| ARU Director General Prof. Dr. Wakar Uddin provides the highlights of the current situation in Arakan and appeals to OIC member states to step by their efforts in addressing the Rohingya issues at the OIC Contact Group Meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. |
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| Incoming OIC Secretary General His Excellency Iyad bin Amin Madani and ARU Director General Prof. Dr. Wakar Uddin at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. |
Dr. Uddin provided details of the current situation in Arakan state when he was given the floor. He outlined some of the serious and persisting issues as well as the significant developments in recent weeks. The most serious issues that Dr. Uddin has highlighted were the smuggling of Rohingya victims by Rakhine cartels to Thailand and Malyasia via sea routes as part of ethnic cleansing. “This exodus is rising at such an alarming rate that it is emerging as one of the most serious threats to very existence of Rohingya in their homeland in Arakan” he added. Dr. Uddin also explained why and how the current on-going mass arrests of Rohingya in Northern Arakan is taking place routinely with accelerated sentencing of them to life imprisonment or extended prison terms such as 7, 10, 20, or 30 years. “There have been movement spearheaded by leadership at Rakhine National Democratic Party (RNDP), in collusion with the ‘969’ terror network and some hardliners in the government, to falsely designate the Rohingya prisoners as ‘non-political prisoners”, in an attempt to exclude them from being released under an amnesty program for political prisoners that is reportedly under consideration by the Burmese Government’ he stated. Dr. Uddin also highlighted the Rohingya refugee issues in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. He further described the ARU’s efforts in Washington and New York, including the testimony in recent Congressional Hearing on ethnic strife during the transition to democracy in Burma. Dr. Uddin asked the OIC to continue its efforts for greater engagement with the Burmese Government, and also appealed to the OIC member states to use their leverage, using the bilateral relations with the Burmese Government to find a solution to the Rohingya political and human right issues.
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