The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stressed its standing with the victims and survivors of Rohingya Muslims, reiterating its commitment to pursue justice and accountability for the atrocities committed by the Myanmar military, especially at the International Court of Justice.
This came in a statement by the OIC Secretary General marking the sixth anniversary of the genocide against Rohingya Muslims and their forced mass displacement and other communities from Myanmar's Rakhine State and the beginning of a huge refugee influx of these people to Bangladesh.
The OIC expressed its gratitude to the government and people of Bangladesh for providing shelter and humanitarian relief to these people and appreciated the support extended by many OIC Member States to those refugees.
In its statement, the OIC reiterated its firm resolve to support the Rohingya Muslims, calling on the international community to renew its commitment to the efforts to create conditions conducive to the voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees to their homeland in Myanmar.
The OIC General Secretariat also called upon the international community to redouble efforts in providing urgently needed humanitarian assistance for the displaced Rohingya people in refugee camps in light of the considerable decline in funding that has resulted in cuts in food assistance.
More than 850,000 people from the Muslim Rohingya minority fled Myanmar in 2017 and settled in temporary camps in Bangladesh, in a process that was condemned by several countries and international organizations, led by the United Nations, which considered what the people were subjected to as a "genocide".
Source: Qatar News Agency