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| Former VP of Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla |
Nam News Network
December 19, 2012
KUALA LUMPUR -- The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has
appointed former Indonesian vice president Jusuf Kalla, who is chairman
of the country's Red Cross, as a special envoy to Myanmar over the
conflict involving the Rohingya Muslim community.
The decision to appoint the envoy was made at the Fourth Extraordinary
Islamic Summit in Mecca in August, the OIC said in a statement.
The OIC will also be sending a liaison officer to assess the
humanitarian needs of the affected people in Rakhine state in Myanmar.
Meanwhile, in response to a letter written by OIC secretary-general
Ekemeleddin Ihsanoglu, United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, Navanethem Pillay, welcomed the OIC's interest and support on
the Rohingya issue.
In his letter, Ihsanoglu expressed the anxiety of the OIC and its member
states over the state of the Rohingya Muslim minority population, which
was being subjected to grave human-rights violations, repression and
ethnic cleansing.
In her response, Pillay said she shared Ihsanoglu's concern about the
longstanding discrimination against the Rohingya community in Rakhine
state and the recent violence between communities there.
In her letter, she attached a report by Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea
Quintana on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. This letter was
submitted to the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in September.
The Special Rapporteur has specifically recommended, among other
things, that the government take measures to address the endemic
discrimination against the Rohingya community and ensure respect for
their human rights, which should also include a review of Myanmar's
Citizenship Act of 1982.
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