DHAKA
\nThe UN General Assembly has adopted an Organization of Islamic Cooperation-sponsored resolution to hold a high-level conference next year to discuss solutions for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and propose a timeframe to repatriate more than 1.2 million of the refugees from camps in Bangladesh.
\nBangladesh has hosted Rohingya refugees for decades, including the hundreds of thousands who fled Myanmar in 2017 to escape a brutal military crackdown and persecution.
\nThey have since settled in squalid camps in Cox\u2019s Bazar district, a coastal region in the country\u2019s southeast that has become the world\u2019s largest refugee settlement.
\nThe third committee of the UNGA adopted the resolution on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar by consensus on Wednesday.
\nTabled by the OIC and the EU, the resolution that was co-sponsored by 106 countries decided to hold an all-stakeholder high-level international conference in 2025, aimed at reviewing the overall crisis and proposing a sustainable resolution.
\n\u201cFor us and for the sake of regional as well as international security, creating conditions for the safe, voluntary and dignified return of the Rohingyas to Myanmar is of utmost importance,\u201d Bangladesh permanent representative to the UN, ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith, said after the resolution was adopted.
\nIt follows an appeal made by the chief adviser of Bangladesh\u2019s caretaker government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, at the 79th UNGA in September, where he called for support from the international community to assist the Rohingya.
\n\u201cWe remain committed to supporting the forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar in Bangladesh. We need continued support of the international community toward the Rohingyas in carrying out the humanitarian operations and their sustainable repatriation,\u201d Yunus said.
\nThe return of the Rohingya to Myanmar has been on the agenda for years, but a UN-backed repatriation process had yet to take off until now, despite pressure from Bangladesh and international organizations.
\nThe planned conference is taking place at a crucial time as refugee issues are rising in other parts of the world, said Dhaka-based migration expert, Asif Munir.
\n\u201cRohingya refugees issue needs more global attention at the moment as it requires more funds to manage this huge number of population,\u201d Munir told Arab News on Thursday.
\nHe estimated that about 40,000 children were born in the camps every year, while new refugees continued to flee Myanmar\u2019s Rakhine State to escape the conflict.
\n\u201cThere are several priority concerns for Bangladesh, which include mitigating the dwindling financial crisis (and) finding a durable solution either in the form of a safe zone or third country resettlement,\u201d he said.
\nThe conference next year should also address the situation in Rakhine, where fighting has intensified between Myanmar\u2019s ruling junta and the opposition ethnic-minority Arakan Army, amid rising concerns that the violence would trigger a new wave of refugees seeking safety in Bangladesh.
\n\u201cCurrently, human rights, protection, etc., are at stake in Myanmar,\u201d Munir said. \u201cIn this context, what should be the role and commitment of the global leaders? This issue needs to be discussed in this upcoming high-level meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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