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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha has urged the member states to do more and help The Gambia with funds to run the case in the International Court of Justice on Rohingya genocide.
“We call upon all OIC member states to join them in this case and give support to this fund created by OIC. This case is a top priority for us,” the OIC secretary general told reporters after his meeting with Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today.
He said The Gambia is not a big or rich country but there are lots of efforts from them.
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Momen said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, OIC secretary general and the President of Gambia sent a joint letter to the member states recently seeking support for the fund created by the OIC.
He said the OIC delegation will visit the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar tomorrow.
“They (OIC) have taken a leading role. Tomorrow they will visit the Rohingya camps,” Momen said, adding that they discussed the Rohingya crisis and the necessity of unity among the Muslims.
The OIC secretary general said in fact Bangladesh is a very important country for the OIC member states.
Jul 29, 2023
It has been close to six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya faced a deadly genocide by Myanmar’s military and fled the country in search of protection and refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. The Rohingya population has been undergoing persecution, discrimination, arbitrary arrests, and atrocities in Myanmar for over seven decades. Their condition is alarmingly […]