Bangkok (UNA) – At the invitation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) participated on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, in the High-Level Meeting on Rohingya Refugees in Preparation for the Second Global Refugee Forum to be held in Geneva from 13-15 December 2023.
In the speech he delivered on behalf of the Organization’s General Secretariat, Muhammad Ali Al-Khamlishi pointed out the priority that the issue of the Rohingya Muslim minority refugees in Bangladesh and neighboring countries enjoys in the organization’s humanitarian and diplomatic agenda in accordance with the decisions issued by the Islamic Summit and the decisions of the Council of Foreign Ministers of member states.
He expressed the organization's concern about the deteriorating humanitarian conditions of refugees, highlighting the organization's tireless efforts since 2017 to find a radical solution to the plight of this most persecuted Muslim minority in the world, as described by the United Nations, as the organization makes continuous efforts to urge member states and their humanitarian institutions to provide humanitarian and relief support to Rohingya refugees in light of the... A severe funding crisis, its firm commitment to the safe and voluntary return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, and its determination to continue working with international partners to achieve this goal in line with the relevant resolutions of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the United Nations.
He also praised the government and people of Bangladesh and neighboring member states for hosting more than one million refugees, stressing that diplomatic efforts must go hand in hand with humanitarian efforts to deal with the root causes of the problem and reach a lasting solution to the Rohingya crisis in accordance with relevant OIC resolutions and called for strengthening the capacity of Refugees are steadfast in the camps, especially in health, education and work.
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