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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Remarks delivered at UN General Assembly Side Event on "Atrocities Against Rohingya: From Condemnation to Action"


The UNHRC too highlighted on Rohingya issue . They are turning a blind eye on the whole stories in the Rakhine state . Look at the history back who they are ?

Human are human,enthic is ethic different meaning they wanted to be created the 'Rohingya' is a joke.


Myanmar under British colonial rule governed 122 years [1826-1948]record no such ethnic Rohingyas.That's ok another thing is they are staying borderline of Myanmar, India and Banglades,so why India and Bangladesh have not single Rohingyas ethnic ? The name is lies and just created to make Myanmar country into problem. Bangles [Rohingya ]are trying to hijack Rakhine state by inventing fake stories.
The IOC -Arab muslim countries are supporting those Bengalis [ Rohingya ] activists and the illegal Bengalis [Rohingyas] migrant groups by giving money and organising terrorism training for Bengalis [Rohingya ] terrorists in Pakistan And Afghanistan borders .

Afect Bengalis[Rohingya ] are economic refugees and also jihadi terrorists The real victim here is the small indigenous Rakhine ethnic people from Myanmar who remain voiceless and not getting any assistance from Western Countries but who have been clinging to their Buddhist religion for years against the continuous onslaught of Bengalis[Rohingya jihadi terrorists ]

UN, HRW, US, UK, FRANCE, SWEDEN, SENEGAL, KZSTAN, EGYPT & Foreign MEDIA are still firing up the other countries internal affair which was attacked by extremist & terrorist recently in their own countries of europe as well as Rakhine state in Myanmar.


However they are still not viewing the reality of the event and seriously pointed out & blamed to the designated government as it similarly the Iraq & Syria crisis, number of civilians were killed by the attacking said war crime between local arm forces and UN troops. 


The last couple of years ago the UN troop are also involved the rapist cases among those controlled in the affected area in Africa & Asia. 


In view of this past history that UN shall consider them self for their dignity to whom around the globe as to respect UN troop.


Nowadays it’s so sad to hear the wrong news about my country all over the world. 
 
There is one proverb in Myanmar: “Even bracelets, they make sounds when there are together more than one.” But, nowadays people from all over the word are just going too far to be wrong. Almost all people are just trying to focus on one side only. 


Especially Korean news since I am living in south Korea and I watch it every day. Here there are some words I want to transfer to everyone as a Myanmar citizen.


Firstly, there is no Rohingya people in Myanmar or in somewhere else in the history. There are 8 major ethnic groups (up to 135 ethnic groups) in Myanmar through the history. But in this list, there was and there is still no Rohingya. What I want to point is just “they were not our ethnic group since before.” I don’t argue that they are different with us. But I want to make you to be sure is that they were not ‘one of the ethnic groups of us since before!’


Secondly, they lived in Myanmar since long ago but they didn’t have any citizenship or visa to stay in Myanmar since they were living as illegal aliens. They were from Bangladesh. But it’s easy for them to come into Myanmar by crossing frontier rivers by the boats. In the past, there were no quarrels to have to each other between Manmar and Bangladesh people even they came in and living in Myanmar. 


Because they were very few amount of people at that time. But, nowadays their population rise up quite much and they started to ask to Myanmar government to let them stay in Myanmar by giving the name of “Rohingya” as one of the ethnic groups that we had since before in Myanmar! 


I don’t say that we don’t have to give them the citizenship nor also we must give. But I just want you all to think just one more time!


Third, since 11th century, Myanmar(Burma) was a ‘buddhist country’ and it is the buddhist country now. 


Probably in some countries, the “religion” can be a part of the life. But in Myanmar, “religion” so it means “Buddhism” stands as “life.” Buddhism is the lives of the people in Myanmar. So it may be very difficult for Myanmar people too to let the group of people who are very different with us including religion. 


I am not a racist. I am just explaining the real situation of Myanmar(Burmese) people’s feelings that they are having in their mind right now. 


I don’t say we don’t have to accept them because they are different with us. Just, we are also worrying and feeling hard to accept at once the people who are not the same base with us! As you all know, in south east Asia, there were buddhism countries not only Myanmar or Thailand. But some of them has totally changed to another religion countries. 


So, now what Burmese(Myanmar) people feeling is just “FEAR”. We are afraid about our future. We just want to keep the Buddhism as we did since 11th century. That’s why we are refusing still to accept those people from Bangladesh.


Now people are dying in Myanmar. Both Bangladesh and Myanmar Rakhine people are dying. But the World do not investigate the situation from both points of view. The World is trying to see only one side. It’s not good to see or hear that people are dying. 


There are a lot of fake photos spread on internet that was happened in Thailand or in other south east Asia countries or even in Pakistan like it’s happening in Myanmar right now! Those fake media also make the World to have noises more and more. 


Burmese(Myanmar) people are also feeling so sad with that bad news! We are Buddhists and we are human as well! But, the world is regarding the Myanmar and Myanmar people so cruelly! Like we are killing them. We are not killing them. 


We are also being killed by them! Our babies, our old people are dying too. Both Myanmar Rakhine people and Bangladesh people are dying because they are fighting right now! 


But please, please do not focus only on one side. We are also being hurt. We are also crying. But please don’t believe too way wrong that only we are being cruel. 


We need to negotiate. We need to try to understand. It can’t be solved just by blaming us from all over the “World”.


They are from Bangladesh. The Bangladesh government is refusing their people to come back to their country. 


So, I just want to ask only single question to the “World”. Is there only one way to solve this problem is “just to accept them by Myanmar government only?”. 


No other way to solve this problem? 


Just Myanmar must accept them anyhow to end this problem? 


Please... see the both sides! please. We are asking you all to see on our side too.

Ref:Thiha Aung  FB


My question!  I m always against violence but who to blame? 

Lol proof that all the media bullying is backed by Western powers in their attempt to shame Myanmar to grant more access to their country?
 

Western and Arab media to praise the UN, CEDAW crazy to try to draw up and you now why the West Bengali Why spread terror're thought to encourage eating times too much here!

Remarks delivered by Dr. Simon Adams, Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, on 24 October 2017 at UN Headquarters in New York. The side event was cohosted by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN and the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. 


Remarks Delivered at UN General Assembly Side Event on “Atrocities Against Rohingya: From Condemnation to Action”

Remarks delivered by Dr. Simon Adams, Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, on 24 October 2017 at UN Headquarters in New York. The side event was cohosted by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN and the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. 

Excellencies, colleagues, thank you for being here today on a very important and pressing topic - Atrocities against Rohingya: From Condemnation to Action. My name is Simon Adams from the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, and I would like to acknowledge our co-host for this event, the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh. 

The security forces of Myanmar initiated so-called “clearance operations” in Rakhine State on 25 August, after an armed group calling itself the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked a number of police posts and an army base. 

Since that date there have been widespread reports of Myanmar security forces imposing collective punishment upon the entire ethnic Rohingya community in northern Rakhine - including women and children - through unlawful killings, sexual violence, and forced displacement. 

This targeted campaign has included the burning (and near total destruction) of more than 288 Rohingya villages according to satellite imagery analyzed by our colleagues at Human Rights Watch. 

The report released this month by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights found that the attacks carried out by Myanmar security forces were “well-organised, coordinated and systematic” in nature. Their aim was to drive the Rohingya population out of Myanmar and to prevent their return. 

While the current crisis has seized the world’s attention, it has been decades in the making. The Rohingya, a distinct Muslim ethnic minority group in Myanmar, have been systematically marginalized and discriminated against for generations. The 1982 Citizenship Law does not recognize the estimated 1 million Rohingya as one of Myanmar's “national races,” rendering the vast majority of that population stateless. As a result of other discriminatory laws, Rohingya have been subject to severe restrictions on their freedom of movement as well as on access to employment and education, while more than 120,000 Rohingya have lived in squalid displacement camps in Rakhine State since being driven from their homes by inter-communal violence in 2012. 

Overall, the conditions under which Rohingya have lived in Myanmar constitute a form of apartheid in which they have been segregated and marginalized. They are legally disenfranchised and even prohibited from self-identifying on the official census. 

Prior to 25 August the Rohingya were already considered one of the most persecuted minority groups on the planet. Since then many UN officials and entities - including the High Commissioner for Human Rights - have stated that the actions taken by Myanmar authorities during the security operations amount to ethnic cleansing and crimes against .


humanity. The Special Advisors on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect have also condemned the atrocities. 

At the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, we believe it is evident that the atrocities committed against the Rohingya population represent a policy of ethnic cleansing and constitute crimes against humanity under international law.
During September the Commander in Chief of Myanmar’s military, General Min Aung Hlaing, described the “Bengali problem” (he refuses to use the word Rohingya) as “unfinished business, despite the efforts of the previous governments to solve it.” This raises the obvious question of what kind of “finished business” does the Myanmar military desire? 

Indeed, we believe that these atrocities - when combined with the decades-long systematic persecution of the Rohingya - pose an existential threat to them as a people and may ultimately prove to be genocidal in intent. While the terms “prevention” and “early-warning” are regularly intoned at the UN, neither the government of Myanmar, nor the international community, has acted on evidence accumulated over many years. 

For our part, the Global Centre has highlighted the threat of atrocities in Myanmar for nine years, and published regular warnings regarding the plight of the Rohingya since 2012. 

The world is now witnessing the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis – with over 600,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh to escape atrocities. The majority of Myanmar’s Rohingya population has been expelled, with no clear path for return.
And in this context I think we should acknowledge the crucial and generous role played by Bangladesh in hosting these refugees. Yet, while there has been progress in addressing their humanitarian needs (including the donor conference that took place in Geneva yesterday), we are yet to witness meaningful action on the international political front. 

The principle of the Responsibility to Protect was adopted at the UN World Summit in 2005, following the shameful failure of the international community to adequately respond to mass atrocities committed in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Silence and inaction in the face of atrocities tainted the reputation and credibility of the UN and the international community. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past. 

The government of Myanmar has a primary Responsibility to Protect all its diverse populations, regardless of ethnicity, religion or citizenship status. Despite the transition to democracy, the current government appears manifestly unwilling to uphold that responsibility. The international community must therefore take appropriate and timely diplomatic action and uphold its responsibilities. 

This meeting will explore various tracks that the international community can pursue, including through the Security Council, General Assembly as well as regional and bilateral action. 

The international community can no longer prevent atrocities from happening, but it can take action to help end them and to hold perpetrators accountable.
  • -  And now it is my honor to invite former Foreign Minister of Bangladesh and Honorable Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Dr. Dipu Moni, to speak.
  • -  Thank you Dr. Moni, it is now my pleasure to call on UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng.
  • -  Thank you Mr. Dieng. I am now pleased to call on the Permanent Observer of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation H.E. Ambassador Agshin Mehdiyev.

- I would like to thank the panelists and open the floor to Member States and civil society representatives. 

CONCLUSION

Excellencies, colleagues, at the risk of unnecessarily prolonging this gathering, I think the message from today’s meeting is clear – the world must uphold its responsibility to protect the Rohingya people. And I would add, that democracy and prosperity in Myanmar can not be built on the bones of the Rohingya. My own organization joins those who have called for:
  1. The Myanmar Government to immediately end the violence; allow the safe voluntary return of all Rohingya refugees; fully implement the recommendations of the Rakhine Commission Report; cooperate with Human Rights Council mandated fact-finding mission; and hold all perpetrators of atrocities accountable. 

  2. The UN Security Council should impose an arms embargo on Myanmar and targeted sanctions against those senior military officers with command responsibility for atrocities committed in Northern Rakhine. 

  3. All UN Member States should suspend all ties with the Myanmar military until there has been a complete cessation of violence and accountability for atrocities. States should also review all investment and development assistance to Myanmar in light of the current refugee crisis and ongoing atrocities.
Colleagues, friends, I thank our co-host Bangladesh and the panelists, and I thank you for your patience.

Ref:http://www.globalr2p.org/media/files/2017-october-rohingya-side-event-statement-1.pdf

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