UNGA: President Buhari Condemns Killings In Rohingya
The Nigeria's president, today in a speech delivered at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York, condemned the killings in the Rahine region in Myanmar.
President Muhammadu Buhari who affirmed that the killings are a ethnic and religious offensive backed by state authority and directed against Muslims, likened it to the genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia in 1994 and 1995 respectively.
"The Myanmar crisis is very reminiscent of what happened in Bosnia in 1995 and in Rwanda in 1994," he was quoted as saying.
"The international community cannot remain silent and not condemn the horrendous suffering caused by what, from all indications is a state-backed programme of brutal depopulation of the Rohingya inhabited areas in Myanmar on the bases of ethnicity and religion. We fully endorse the call by the Secretary-General on the Government of Myanmar to order a halt to the ongoing ethnic cleansing and ensure the safe return of the displaced Rohingya to their homes in safety and dignity."
Reminding the General Assembly of how some resolutions of the body have remained unimplemented, Mr Buhari brought to their knowledge what he described as the "continuous suffering of the people of Palestine."
He said: "New conflicts should not make us lose focus on ongoing unresolved old conflicts. For example, several UN Security Council Resolutions from 1967 on the Middle East crisis remain unimplemented. Meanwhile, the suffering of the Palestinian people and the blockade of Gaza continue."
But the President deliberately seemed to have avoided the issue of alleged state inhumanity in his country as he did not say anything about the military invasion or killing of members of the Biafra secessionist group, IPOB.
Meanwhile, outside the conference hall were gathered some protesters decked in the IPOB regalia and carrying placards waiting for the president.
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President Muhammadu Buhari who affirmed that the killings are a ethnic and religious offensive backed by state authority and directed against Muslims, likened it to the genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia in 1994 and 1995 respectively.
"The Myanmar crisis is very reminiscent of what happened in Bosnia in 1995 and in Rwanda in 1994," he was quoted as saying.
"The international community cannot remain silent and not condemn the horrendous suffering caused by what, from all indications is a state-backed programme of brutal depopulation of the Rohingya inhabited areas in Myanmar on the bases of ethnicity and religion. We fully endorse the call by the Secretary-General on the Government of Myanmar to order a halt to the ongoing ethnic cleansing and ensure the safe return of the displaced Rohingya to their homes in safety and dignity."
Reminding the General Assembly of how some resolutions of the body have remained unimplemented, Mr Buhari brought to their knowledge what he described as the "continuous suffering of the people of Palestine."
He said: "New conflicts should not make us lose focus on ongoing unresolved old conflicts. For example, several UN Security Council Resolutions from 1967 on the Middle East crisis remain unimplemented. Meanwhile, the suffering of the Palestinian people and the blockade of Gaza continue."
But the President deliberately seemed to have avoided the issue of alleged state inhumanity in his country as he did not say anything about the military invasion or killing of members of the Biafra secessionist group, IPOB.
Meanwhile, outside the conference hall were gathered some protesters decked in the IPOB regalia and carrying placards waiting for the president.
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