The United Nations Security Council has confirmed that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) operates with a "network of supporters" in Maldives
UN seeks dialogue with insurgent group to resolve Rohingya problem
Amnesty International has documented the massacre of about 100 Hindus by ARSA at Ah Nauk Kha Maung Seik in Rakhine State in August 2017. It said that there were other killings of Hindus and abduction of Hindu women whose lives were spared when they agreed to convert to Islam. The massacre of Hindus took place on August 17 before ARSA launched a coordinated attack on several Myanmar security posts on August 25, setting off retaliatory attacks by Myanmar forces on Rohingya.
India says ranting by Pakistan on Kashmir won’t justify cross-border terror; condemns religious discrimination in any form
In keeping with the day’s theme, Harish also said, “We stand united with the UN membership in condemning incidents of religious intolerance against Muslims”. “With over 200 million of its citizens practicing Islam, India is home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the world”, he asserted.
Guterres seeks to make world organisation relevant with ‘UN80 Initiative’
Guterres, in his letter and the address to the General Assembly, did not mention the reform of the Security Council whose structure is ossified in post-World War II geopolitics that shut out all of Africa, Latin America and most of Asia from permanent membership.
UN chief to show solidarity with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
“The plight of the Rohingyas is something that is extremely close to his heart”, having “dealt directly with the Rohingya crisis” while in that office, he said.
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