4 hours agoChina, Russia oppose UN resolution in Rogingya
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The UN General Assembly urged Myanmar to end a military campaign against Muslim Roingyas and to seek the appointment of a UN special envoy despite opposition from China, Russia and several countries in the region, Periscopi writes. A resolution submitted by the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation was adopted by a vote [...]
The UN General Assembly urged Myanmar to end a military campaign against Muslim Roingyas and to seek the appointment of a UN special envoy despite opposition from China, Russia and several countries in the region, Periscopi writes.
A resolution submitted by the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation was adopted by a vote of 122 to 10 to 24 abstentions.
China, Russia, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, and Vietnam joined Mianmar in voting against the mass of Belarus, Syria, and Zimbabwe.
The resolution calls on the government to allow access to aid workers, ensure the return of all refugees, and provide full citizenship rights Roggya.
It requires UN Secretary General Antónnio Guterres to appoint a special envoy to Myanmar.
More than 650,000 Muslim Rogingya have fled the mostly Buddhist country after military operation was launched in the state of Rakhine in late August.
Myanmar authorities insist that the campaign is aimed at rooting out Rogingya militants who attacked police positions on August 25th, but the United Nations has said violence concerns ethnic cleansing.
Last week, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, said she was banned from the country and that the government had interrupted all co-operation with her. /Periscopi/
