Two UN advisors accuse Myanmar government and Buddhist militants of genocide against “Rohingya”

Arakan News Agency
Two UN advisors accused the Myanmar government and Buddhist militants Wednesday of “forcing thousands of Rohingya Muslims to leave the state of Rakhine /Arakan, committing war crimes and genocide, and others crime against humanity against them.”
This came in a joint statement – Anadolu received – issued by Adama Deng, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and Ivan Simonovic, UN Special Adviser on the Responsibility for Protection.
The two advisers have been following the situation in Arakan for years, and have repeatedly warned of the dangers of such crimes and the adoption of discriminatory practices and policies against the Rohingya population.
They also made clear that they had been wary of failing to stop the violence against Rohingya and of failing to create the conditions that would support peaceful coexistence among the people of various communities in Arakan,
The two advisors called on the Myanmar government to take immediate action to stop war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity in northern Arakan state.
“Despite the warnings we have issued earlier, as well as many other officials, the Government of Myanmar has not fulfilled its obligations under international law and has not fulfilled its primary responsibility to protect the population of the Rohingya.”
“The international community has also failed to discharge its responsibilities in this regard.”
“The Myanmar government must work to create a national identity in which all the people of the country feel that they are part of that identity,” the statement said.