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News desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the OIC member states to show a unity for solving the Rohingya crisis before it is too late and placed some proposals before the OIC, including full implementation of the recommendations made by the Kofi Annan Commission, reports UNB from New York.<\/p>\n
\u201cI call upon OIC countries to show a unity to solve the Rohingya crisis before it is too late. Bangladeshis ready to join any initiative that OIC plans to take,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister made the plea while speaking at the Meeting of OIC Contact Group on Rohingya Muslim Minority at the UN Headquarters here with OIC Secretary General Dr Yousef Al Othaimeen in the chair on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Mentioning that the crisis has its root in Myanmar and its solution has to be found in Myanmar, Hasina said, \u201cWe want to see an end to the \u2018ethnic cleansing\u2019. The plights of our Muslim brothers and sisters need to be stopped as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
She also placed some proposals before the OIC.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister said all forms of atrocities against the Rohingya Muslims must be stopped immediately and \u2018safe zones\u2019 may be created inside Myanmar to protect the innocent civilians, especially women, children and elderly.<\/p>\n
Hasina mentioned that all forcibly displaced Rohingyas must be able to return to their homeland in Myanmar in safety, security and dignity, and the recommendations of the Kofi Annan Commission will have to be implemented immediately and unconditionally in its entirety.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe state-sponsored propaganda to identify Rohingyas as \u2018Bangalees\u2019 must stop and the Muslim brotherly countries should help Bangladesh with urgent humanitarian assistance till they return to Myanmar,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister mentioned that now the Muslim brothers and sisters in Myanmar face \u2018ethnic cleansing\u2019 and the ongoing military operations by the Myanmar authorities have created havoc in the RakhineState.<\/p>\n
She mentioned that this has caused the largest exodus of Rohingyas of all time and over 400,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh through land and river since August 25 and 60 percent of them are children. \u201cIt\u2019s an unbearable human catastrophe. I myself have visited them and listened to the stories of their grave sufferings, particularly of women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hasina invited the leaders of OIC member states to visit Bangladeshand hear the stories of the Rohingyas how they fled the persecution inMyanmar. She said Bangladeshhad already been hosting another 400,000 Rohingyas for the last three decades. \u201cSo, altogether we\u2019re hosting about 800,000 Rohingyas in Bangladesh. Despite space and resource constraints, we\u2019re providing them with shelter, food and other emergency services.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister alleged that Myanmar claims that the Rohingyas are \u201cillegal immigrants from Bangladesh\u201d but all the historical records suggest that the Rohingy as have been living in Rakhine State for centuries.<\/p>\n
\u201cMyanmaris forcibly driving out the Rohingya Muslims through a planned and organised process. First, they have been excluded from the list of recognised ethnic groups of Myanmar. Then in 1982, they were denied their right to citizenship. Later, they were sent to IDP camps in their own country.\u201d Hasina said Bangladesh has continued its diplomatic efforts to repatriate all the Rohingy as to their homeland. \u201cBut ,Myanmar is not responding to our calls.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister informed the OIC members that they might have also seen in the media that Myanmar is planting landmines along their stretch of the border to stop return of Rohingy as to their homeland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
News desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the OIC member states to show a unity for solving the Rohingya crisis before it is too late and placed some proposals before the OIC, including full implementation of the recommendations made by the Kofi Annan Commission, reports UNB from New York. \u201cI call upon OIC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":36795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n