Dhaka, May 6 (Just News): The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Sunday urged the international community for strong actions through the UN system including the UN Security Council against the Myanmar government for peaceful repatriation of Rohingyas to their home in Rakhine.
OIC member-countries in the plenary of two-day council of foreign ministers and discussions on the sideline, also urged the Myanmar government to cooperate with Bangladesh to allow safe and dignified return of the Rohingyas granting them full citizenship had been stripped of since 1982, new OIC council of ministers chairman AH Mahmood Ali said at a press conference in Dhaka.
Mahmood, also the foreign minister, held the press conference after the conference concluded on the day adopting a 39-point Dhaka declaration.
According to the Dhaka declaration, the organisation said that the member-states should remain engaged in the UN system and other relevant international organisations to seek strong international support to resolve the protracted Rohingya crisis with full implementation of the Kofi Annan Commission report.
OIC secretary general Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen said at the press conference that the situation on the ground required the member-states for supporting Bangladesh in humanitarian efforts to overcome the critical stage of this ‘unprecedented tragedy unfolding on its borders.’
In the declaration, the OIC also reaffirmed commitment to respect the security,
sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity of the member-states, as well as the need to resolve lingering and emerging disputes and conflicts through negotiations and using political, diplomatic and international legal mechanisms.
It said that the decision of the United States to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move the country’s embassy to the city was illegal and in clear defiance of the international law and the international community’s collective will. The move ‘invalidates’ that the US administration’s claimed role of peace broker.
The OIC also called upon all other states to refrain from supporting the US decision.
The member states urged the secretary general to continue efforts to reform the organisation to transform it into a more effective and efficient body.
The organisation members emphasised the need for return of durable peace and stability in Afghanistan through an inclusive Afghan-led process of national reconciliation.
The organisation also highlighted the importance of containing threats of violent extremism and terrorism, endeavours for nuclear disarmament and cooperation among member-countries on innovation, technology and research, forming a favourable investment and business climate.
Over 600 delegates from member and observer countries and organisations participated in the meeting.
(Justnews/ys/2300hr)
