The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has condemned human rights violations against the Rohingya Muslims, in Myanmar, and regrets that the Myanmar government has not cooperated with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights, in Myanmar, in this regard. This was unfolded, in the speech of the Kingdom here today before the Human Rights Council, delivered by the Head of Human Rights Section of the Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom to the United Nations office, in Geneva, Dr. Fahd bin Obaidallah Al-Mutairi. The Kingdom called upon the Government of Myanmar to cooperate and allow the Special Rapporteur to enter the country and provide security for all affected areas. Al-Mutairi said that the series of displacement and violations of the Rohingya minority continues despite international resolutions calling on the government of Myanmar, to create the necessary conditions to end these violations and stop the displacement of the Rohingya minority to neighboring countries and facilitate their return to their country. The signing of the memorandum of understanding between the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in early June 2018, with the Government of Myanmar is a positive step, he pointed out, towards resolving this crisis and a prelude to the voluntary, safe and dignified return of the refugees. He called on the Government of Myanmar to begin effectively implementing this memorandum and to end the suffering of hundreds of thousands of refugees, noting that the issue of the Muslim minority in Myanmar was a priority issue for the Kingdom. He also called on the international community to intensify its efforts to stop what appears to be systematic ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya Muslims and to intervene, in order to find a humanitarian solution that protects the Rohingya minority from the acts of violence and collective punishment.
