Burma: Rohingya

(asked on 22nd June 2017) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Burmese authorities on developments in that country affecting the human rights of the Rohingya people.


Answered by
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Mark Field
This question was answered on 30th June 2017

We have raised our concerns over the situation in Rakhine State with the Burmese authorities on a number of occasions. Most recently, the Foreign Secretary and the former Minister for Asia and the Pacific both raised our concerns with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi during her visit to the UK in May. They stressed the need for humanitarian access and a credible investigation into reports of violations.

Furthermore as recently as March, the UK supported the creation of a UN Human Rights Council-mandated Independent International Fact Finding Mission to look into the situation in Rakhine State. We urge Burma to cooperate fully with this mission. We also fully support the Rakhine Advisory Commission led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Naturally this is an ongoing situation which we shall continue to monitor closely.

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