Noting that the Rohingya crisis is deteriorating very fast, Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to intervene to end the crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine state, reports UNB.
"The human tragedy and crimes against humanity have taken a dangerous turn in the Arakan region of Myanmar. It needs your (UNSC) immediate intervention," he said in an open letter sent to the UNSC president and its members, said a press release of Yunus Centre yesterday.
"I (Yunus) call on UNSC to intervene immediately by using all available means. I request you to take immediate action for cessation of indiscriminate military attack on innocent civilians that is forcing them to leave their home and flee country to turn into stateless people," the letter reads.
According to different organisations, recent military offensive by the Myanmar Army in Rakhine has led to the killing of hundreds of Rohingya people. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced. Complete villages have been burned, women raped, many civilians arbitrarily arrested, and children killed, said Dr Yunus.
According to local administration sources, around 120,000 people have fled to Bangladesh in the last 12 days, he said.
He noted that he along with several Nobel Laureates and eminent global citizens denounced the previous spate of violence late last year and wrote to the UNSC to intervene. "This time, I urge you to take decisive actions to stop the violence against innocent civilians and bring permanent peace in Rakhine."
Dr Yunus said, "I urge you to persuade Myanmar government to take immediate steps to implement the recommendations of the Rakhine Advisory Commission which the Myanmar government established in 2016 under the pressure of international community."
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