DHAKA, 19 November 2021, (TON): Ambassador Rabab Fatima said “adoption demonstrates international community’s strong resolve to end Rohingya crisis.”

The United Nations has adopted a resolution on Rohingyas by consensus for the first time.

According to a media statement by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York that the resolution, titled “the Situation of Human Rights of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar maintained its strong focus on the ongoing justice and accountability processes.”

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations said “the adoption of the Rohingya resolution, for the first time by consensus, demonstrates the international community’s strong resolve to end this crisis.”

She said “the adoption of the resolution with a strong mandate will bring hope to the Rohingyas that they have not been forgotten.”

The resolution was jointly tabled by the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the European Union (EU), read a foreign ministry press statement.