{"id":5409,"date":"2023-02-23T16:18:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T16:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohr.nugmyanmar.org\/?p=5409"},"modified":"2023-02-23T18:24:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T18:24:22","slug":"speech-00120203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohr.nugmyanmar.org\/en\/speech\/speech-00120203\/","title":{"rendered":"\u101b\u102d\u102f\u101f\u1004\u103a\u1002\u103b\u102c\u1019\u103b\u102c\u1038 \u101c\u1030\u1037\u1021\u1001\u103d\u1004\u103a\u1037\u1021\u101b\u1031\u1038\u1001\u103b\u102d\u102f\u1038\u1016\u1031\u102c\u1000\u103a\u1001\u1036\u101b\u1019\u103e\u102f\u1021\u1001\u103c\u1031\u1021\u1014\u1031 \u1006\u103d\u1031\u1038\u1014\u103d\u1031\u1038\u1001\u103c\u1004\u103a\u1038\u1021\u1001\u1019\u103a\u1038\u1021\u1014\u102c\u1038\u1010\u103d\u1004\u103a \u1015\u103c\u100a\u103a\u1011\u1031\u102c\u1004\u103a\u1005\u102f\u101d\u1014\u103a\u1000\u103c\u102e\u1038\u104f \u1019\u103e\u1010\u103a\u1001\u103b\u1000\u103a\u1015\u103c\u102f\u1015\u103c\u1031\u102c\u1000\u103c\u102c\u1038\u1001\u103b\u1000\u103a\u1019\u103b\u102c\u1038"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Remarks by H.E. Aung Myo Min, Union Minister of Human Rights\nUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum\/US Permanent Mission discussion on the human rights situation of the Rohingya\nGeneva,\n 22 February 2023<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Good afternoon,<\/p>

I am very grateful for the invitation to join today\u2019s discussion on the human rights situation of the Rohingya in Myanmar. This week will mark six years since the Myanmar military\u2019s 2017\natrocity campaign against the Rohingya people in Rakhine state \u2013 a deliberate and systematic\noffensive of mass murder, disappearances, gang rape, arson and forced displacement.\u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0Lives destroyed, histories erased. Crimes that the United States after careful, rigorous\ninvestigation and scrutiny, has determined amount to genocide.\u00a0<\/p>

I extend my appreciation to Ambassador Taylor and to Ms. Naomi Kikoler of the U.S.\nHolocaust Memorial Museum for hosting today\u2019s important gathering.\u00a0<\/p>

Last April, I was invited to the Holocaust Museum to see its new exhibit entitled Burma\u2019s Path\nto Genocide. I was devastated by what I saw in the Museum\u2019s permanent collection and in the\nMyanmar exhibit \u2013 the horrors that we as humanity have repeatedly inflicted on people because\nof their ethnic, racial or religious identity. I expressed my deep shame that my country was\nfeatured.\u00a0<\/p>

As Union Minister of Human Rights, I can say that the National Unity Government\nshares this shame and acknowledges that historic exclusionary and discriminatory\npolicies, practices and rhetoric against the Rohingya laid the ground for the atrocities\nthat followed. Nor was 2017 a one-off event. Crimes against the Rohingya and other Myanmar\nminorities have recurred in waves over what the Museum\u2019s exhibit rightly called \u2018a history of\npersecution\u2019. That is, a history of dehumanisation.<\/p>

Nor was 2017 a one-off event. Crimes against the Rohingya and other Myanmar\nminorities have recurred in waves over what the Museum\u2019s exhibit rightly called \u2018a history of\npersecution\u2019. That is, a history of dehumanisation.<\/p>

In 2023, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya remain displaced from the country to which they belong. And a growing number, restricted to camps and denied any foreseeable prospect of a return to their homes and livelihoods in Myanmar, have resumed treacherous sea voyages and placed their lives in the hands of traffickers. This shows just how desperate they are.<\/p>

Last December, my Ministry issued a public call to ASEAN and its Member States to provide emergency assistance to Rohingya refugees stranded at sea, while urging that under no circumstances should they be refouled to Myanmar where they face certain persecution by the junta. During that same month, I issued a statement expressing shock and outrage at the discovery of 13 male bodies, believed to be trafficked Rohingya, dumped on a roadside in\nYangon.\u00a0<\/p>

In short and to be frank, despite the generosity of our neighbours, there has been no\ndiscernible improvement in the lives of the Rohingya. They are no closer to returning\nhome. There has been no justice or reparations. And not only do the perpetrators remain\nat large, these war criminals have scaled up their atrocities as an illegal military junta.\u00a0<\/p>

These circumstances, as you are all very aware, present substantial challenges. Another million Myanmar nationals have been displaced by the junta since its failed power grab in 2021. But this does not remove the responsibility that the National Unity Government has to the Rohingya\nand to other minorities. So in the short time that I have left, I will discuss some of the steps that we are taking.\u00a0<\/p>

1. First, to truly recognise the extent and scale of the atrocities against the Rohingya, we\nmust end the history of denial. Truth-telling and accountability are an essential part of\nthis. The NUG continues to pledge its cooperation with national and international\naccountability mechanisms:\u00a0<\/p>