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1992 TREATY IS UNACCEPTABLE
Rohingya repatriation: UN supervision needed
Whosoever had said that diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing had conjectured certain astuteness in taciturnity and circumspection; however in inordinately critical twists and turns in international relations it is incumbent upon state actors to give ambivalence a wide berth. Common sense dictates that in a portentous set of circumstances equivocation is of no avail; vacillation can be futile.
However, equivocation and vacillation were evident since the beginning of the refugee influx. Our mandarins in Dhaka and the minister concerned in their wisdom kept mostly mum for some days; but the nation’s vibrant media, both print and electronic, made the crisis known to the world which definitely stood us in good stead.
On 7 September while visiting refugees at Kutupalang Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila Turkish first lady Emine Erdogan said what is happening in Myanmar’s Rakhine State is “tantamount to genocide.” She also affirmed that the government of Turkey will stand beside the Rohingyas.
Escaping from the veritable apocalypse of premeditated brutal annihilation and obliteration on a catastrophic scale of the Rohingya Muslims of Arakan in Myanmar through wholesale slaughter, arson, mass rapes by the military and violent Buddhists—-aptly portrayed as ethnic cleansing bearing a resemblance to genocide— a horrific infiux of over half a million wretched people have been forced to take refuge in Bangladesh.
For generations bearing the brunt of macabre diabolical barbarity and veritable inferno in the front line, the Rohingya Muslims—-a very small unarmed innocent mostly underprivileged civilian minority people of Myanmar pulled through amid subhuman treatment, carnage, persecution, massacre, ethnic cleansing of epic dimension which is no less than genocide.
Long considered a pariah state while under the rule of an oppressive military junta known for its depravity and degeneracy from 1962 to 2011, Myanmar stood accused of gross human rights abuses, prompting international condemnation and sanctions. It was thought that after 2015 elections democratic rights will be ensured to the Rohingya Muslims; but that was not to be. Born in an enlightened family and educated abroad, even septuagenarian President Htin Kyaw of Myanmar too does not see eye to eye with the UN chief, the OIC, the US, the UK, the European Union and the rest of the world as regards the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslims.
Now about Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has been stripped of her Oxford honour owing to her shameful stance on the Rohingya Muslims.
A confirmed Muslim hater Islamophobic after her BBC interview with Mishal Husain, presenter of HARDTALK, last year, Suu Kyi said that she “needs ‘solid evidence’ of violence against Rohingya Muslims.” She has been accused of inciting “anti-Rohingya and anti-aid worker sentiment” on Facebook, including a post accusing the World Food Program of feeding Muslim militants.
In another post she displayed images of a dead woman and her three children, describing them as ‘Hindu’ “killed by Muslim militants. [Vide Suu Kyi uses Facebook to fuel hatred towards Rohingyas, Amanda Hodge, South East Asia correspondent, theaustralian.com.au/news/world/myanmars-suu-kyi-uses-facebook-to-fuel-hatred-towards-rohingyas dated August 29, 2017.]
It is worth mentioning that the five-point proposal made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the United Nations to find solution to the Rohingya crisis is a proper outline to pursue which, of necessity, needs the support of all the UN member states in general and the five UNSC permanent member states in particular—China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The final report of the Advisory Commission chaired by Kofi Annan submitted on 23 August put forward recommendations to surmount the political, socio-economic and humanitarian challenges that currently face Rakhine State.
The outcome of over 150 consultations and meetings held by the Advisory Commission since its launch in September 2016, it builds on the Commission’s interim report released in March of this year. It addresses in depth a broad range of structural issues that are impediments to the peace and prosperity of Rakhine State. Several recommendations focus specifically on citizenship verification, rights and equality before the law, documentation, the situation of the internally displaced and freedom of movement, which affect the Muslim population disproportionately.
Myanmar’s Union Minister U Kyaw Tint Swe—an individual without portfolio which explains his mediocre status—formally proposed taking back the Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh but offered no specifics on how the repatriation of such a massive refugee population should take place. It was seemingly a red herring. We do not find any logic as to why Bangladesh proposed a bilateral agreement to facilitate the repatriation process and handed over a draft of the proposed deal the visiting minister of Myanmar. Importantly, going back to the 1992 agreement will be irrational.
Adversaries in international conflict often involve third parties to help them reach agreements. It is common knowledge that in diplomatic negotiations from time to time shuttle diplomacy plays a potential role; for instance Kissinger’s shuttle diplomacy secured one last deal in September 1975 with the conclusion of a second Egyptian-Israeli disengagement agreement.
For example, at the time of the Oslo Accords in 1993 Norwegian Foreign Affairs Minister Johan Jørgen Holst brokered the Israel-Palestine negotiation. As the source of the conflict is too well-known, now it will be crucial to look beyond to resolve it without delay for the sake of survival of the Rohingya Muslims who were never allowed the status of even underdogs by the government of Burma, now Myanmar.
In sum, the Rohingya Muslim crisis has to be resolved permanently under direct UN supervision through tripartite agreement.
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Rohingya repatriation: UN supervision needed
Whosoever had said that diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing had conjectured certain astuteness in taciturnity and circumspection; however in inordinately critical twists and turns in international relations it is incumbent upon state actors to give ambivalence a wide berth. Common sense dictates that in a portentous set of circumstances equivocation is of no avail; vacillation can be futile.
However, equivocation and vacillation were evident since the beginning of the refugee influx. Our mandarins in Dhaka and the minister concerned in their wisdom kept mostly mum for some days; but the nation’s vibrant media, both print and electronic, made the crisis known to the world which definitely stood us in good stead.
On 7 September while visiting refugees at Kutupalang Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila Turkish first lady Emine Erdogan said what is happening in Myanmar’s Rakhine State is “tantamount to genocide.” She also affirmed that the government of Turkey will stand beside the Rohingyas.
Escaping from the veritable apocalypse of premeditated brutal annihilation and obliteration on a catastrophic scale of the Rohingya Muslims of Arakan in Myanmar through wholesale slaughter, arson, mass rapes by the military and violent Buddhists—-aptly portrayed as ethnic cleansing bearing a resemblance to genocide— a horrific infiux of over half a million wretched people have been forced to take refuge in Bangladesh.
For generations bearing the brunt of macabre diabolical barbarity and veritable inferno in the front line, the Rohingya Muslims—-a very small unarmed innocent mostly underprivileged civilian minority people of Myanmar pulled through amid subhuman treatment, carnage, persecution, massacre, ethnic cleansing of epic dimension which is no less than genocide.
Long considered a pariah state while under the rule of an oppressive military junta known for its depravity and degeneracy from 1962 to 2011, Myanmar stood accused of gross human rights abuses, prompting international condemnation and sanctions. It was thought that after 2015 elections democratic rights will be ensured to the Rohingya Muslims; but that was not to be. Born in an enlightened family and educated abroad, even septuagenarian President Htin Kyaw of Myanmar too does not see eye to eye with the UN chief, the OIC, the US, the UK, the European Union and the rest of the world as regards the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslims.
Now about Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has been stripped of her Oxford honour owing to her shameful stance on the Rohingya Muslims.
A confirmed Muslim hater Islamophobic after her BBC interview with Mishal Husain, presenter of HARDTALK, last year, Suu Kyi said that she “needs ‘solid evidence’ of violence against Rohingya Muslims.” She has been accused of inciting “anti-Rohingya and anti-aid worker sentiment” on Facebook, including a post accusing the World Food Program of feeding Muslim militants.
In another post she displayed images of a dead woman and her three children, describing them as ‘Hindu’ “killed by Muslim militants. [Vide Suu Kyi uses Facebook to fuel hatred towards Rohingyas, Amanda Hodge, South East Asia correspondent, theaustralian.com.au/news/world/myanmars-suu-kyi-uses-facebook-to-fuel-hatred-towards-rohingyas dated August 29, 2017.]
It is worth mentioning that the five-point proposal made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the United Nations to find solution to the Rohingya crisis is a proper outline to pursue which, of necessity, needs the support of all the UN member states in general and the five UNSC permanent member states in particular—China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The final report of the Advisory Commission chaired by Kofi Annan submitted on 23 August put forward recommendations to surmount the political, socio-economic and humanitarian challenges that currently face Rakhine State.
The outcome of over 150 consultations and meetings held by the Advisory Commission since its launch in September 2016, it builds on the Commission’s interim report released in March of this year. It addresses in depth a broad range of structural issues that are impediments to the peace and prosperity of Rakhine State. Several recommendations focus specifically on citizenship verification, rights and equality before the law, documentation, the situation of the internally displaced and freedom of movement, which affect the Muslim population disproportionately.
Myanmar’s Union Minister U Kyaw Tint Swe—an individual without portfolio which explains his mediocre status—formally proposed taking back the Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh but offered no specifics on how the repatriation of such a massive refugee population should take place. It was seemingly a red herring. We do not find any logic as to why Bangladesh proposed a bilateral agreement to facilitate the repatriation process and handed over a draft of the proposed deal the visiting minister of Myanmar. Importantly, going back to the 1992 agreement will be irrational.
Adversaries in international conflict often involve third parties to help them reach agreements. It is common knowledge that in diplomatic negotiations from time to time shuttle diplomacy plays a potential role; for instance Kissinger’s shuttle diplomacy secured one last deal in September 1975 with the conclusion of a second Egyptian-Israeli disengagement agreement.
For example, at the time of the Oslo Accords in 1993 Norwegian Foreign Affairs Minister Johan Jørgen Holst brokered the Israel-Palestine negotiation. As the source of the conflict is too well-known, now it will be crucial to look beyond to resolve it without delay for the sake of survival of the Rohingya Muslims who were never allowed the status of even underdogs by the government of Burma, now Myanmar.
In sum, the Rohingya Muslim crisis has to be resolved permanently under direct UN supervision through tripartite agreement.
http://www.weeklyholiday.net/Homepage/Pages/UserHome.aspx?ID=4&date=0#Tid=14888
