Arakan News Agency
Bangladesh said on Sunday that a “peaceful solution” is the basis for dealing with the Rohingya crisis as soon as possible, and to overcome with the problem of the influx of thousands of refugees from Myanmar.
“The solution of the Rohingya crisis is based on the five peaceful steps put forward by the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, at the UN General Assembly session last September.
Bangladesh attached great importance to peacekeeping to promote international peace and security.
On 22th September, the prime minister of Bangladesh proposed to Myanmar that violence and ethnic cleansing practices in Arakan should cease immediately and unconditionally.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also called for an immediate fact-finding mission.
In the third step of the proposal, Sheikh Hasina stressed the need to protect civilians in Myanmar, regardless of their religion or race, by establishing safe areas within the country under the supervision of the United Nations.
The fourth step was to “ensure the sustainable return of all Rohingyas forcibly displaced in Bangladesh to their homes”.
The fifth step was “immediate implementation of the recommendations of the Commission, which was under the leadership of the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, unconditionally.”
Last August, Annan, Chairman of the Arakan Advisory Committee, handed over to the Government of Myanmar a final report on fact-finding in the violence against the Rohingya Muslims.
Since August 25th, Myanmar’s army and Buddhist militias have committed crimes, attacks and brutal massacres against the Muslim minority of Rohingya, which have killed thousands and displaced tens of thousands of innocent people, according to local activists.
On Thursday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced that the number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh from Arakan had risen to 510,000.
