U.S. demands for prosecution of Burma military personnel for violence against Rohingya
Fri Sep 29, 2017 09:47:am World
4.5K By Abdulkerimu Oare
- U.S. demands for prosecution of Burma military personnel for violence against Rohingya.
- Calls made by U.S. Ambassador at the U.N. Security Council.
- The time for well-meaning, diplomatic words in this council has passed.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has condemned the Myanmar Military for their actions so far that have led to the massive outflux of refugees into Bangladesh and other nearby countries.
Since the recent wave of attacks against the Rohingya Muslims began in August, over 500,000 refugees have fled to seek refuge in an already overstretched Bangladesh.
"The time for well-meaning, diplomatic words in this council has passed," she told the UN Security Council, which held its first public meeting on Myanmar since 2009, though it failed to arrive at a resolution.
The U.S. ambassador went further to call for action against Myanmar in the wake of these renewed attacks against Rohingya Muslims.
"We must now consider action against Burmese security forces who are implicated in abuses and stoking hatred among their fellow citizens."
In what appeared to be a rebuke to the country's Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Haley said of the Rohingya crisis, "it should shame senior Burmese leaders who have sacrificed so much for an open, democratic Burma".
- Calls made by U.S. Ambassador at the U.N. Security Council.
- The time for well-meaning, diplomatic words in this council has passed.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has condemned the Myanmar Military for their actions so far that have led to the massive outflux of refugees into Bangladesh and other nearby countries.
Since the recent wave of attacks against the Rohingya Muslims began in August, over 500,000 refugees have fled to seek refuge in an already overstretched Bangladesh.
"The time for well-meaning, diplomatic words in this council has passed," she told the UN Security Council, which held its first public meeting on Myanmar since 2009, though it failed to arrive at a resolution.
The U.S. ambassador went further to call for action against Myanmar in the wake of these renewed attacks against Rohingya Muslims.
"We must now consider action against Burmese security forces who are implicated in abuses and stoking hatred among their fellow citizens."
In what appeared to be a rebuke to the country's Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Haley said of the Rohingya crisis, "it should shame senior Burmese leaders who have sacrificed so much for an open, democratic Burma".
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