Chief adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday rolled out a seven-point proposal for a sustainable solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis.
While addressing the Stakeholders鈥� Dialogue: Takeaways to the High-Level Conference on Rohingya Situation in Cox鈥檚 Bazar鈥�, he called on the international community to undertake collective efforts to stop the Myanmar Junta and the Arakan Army from unleashing violence against the Rohingya.
The Bangladesh government organised three-day dialogue that began on Sunday marking the 8th Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day being observed today.聽
In August 2017, around eight hundred thousand Rohingyas crossed into Bangladesh, Professor Yunus mentioned, saying Bangladesh now hosts around 1.3 million displaced Rohingya.
For a sustainable solution to the crisis, the chief adviser in his seven-point proposal said that first, umbilical relationship of Rohingyas with their homeland cannot be severed. 鈥楽o, their right to return to their homeland has to be secured. Therefore, we urge all parties and partners to work hard for charting a practical roadmap for their speedy, safe, dignified, voluntary and sustainable return to their homes in Rakhine as soon as possible,鈥� he said.
In his second point, he made an appeal to the international donors to enhance their commitments in order to fill out the fund gaps in the Joint Response Plan for 2025-26.
鈥楾hird, all acts of violence against the Rohingya must cease immediately,鈥� he said.
In the fourth point, he urged Myanmar government and defacto authorities in Rakhine to hold dialogue with the Rohingyas to promote reconciliation among themselves, restore rights of the Rohingyas and facilitate their speedy repatriation to their homeland.聽聽
鈥楩ifth, role of the international community, in particular ASEAN and countries in the neighbourhood is indispensable to create conducive environment in Rakhine,鈥� he said.聽聽
In the sixth point, he said that regional and international stakeholders must continue to stand resolutely against the heinous crime of ethnic cleansing. 鈥楾owards that, we urge all to calibrate their relations with Myanmar and the Arakan Army and all parties to the conflict in order to promote an early resolution of this protracted crisis,鈥� Yunus said.聽
Finally, the chief adviser urged the international community to add dynamism to the ongoing international accountability processes at International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court and elsewhere. We urge them to implement the provisional decided by the ICJ, ensure justice and accountability and put an end to the genocide and crimes against humanity.
He said that the Rohingya crisis emanated from Myanmar and solution also lies there.
Representatives from international agencies, foreign diplomats and academics are participating in the event organised as a preparation for the High-Level Conference on Rohingya Situation in New York on the sideline of United Nations General Assembly on September 30.