The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announced on Nov. 4 they will review the recent violence in Arakan State during a special meeting in the Republic of Djibouti from Nov. 15-17.
Many of the Rohingya Muslim villages were under attack from Rakhine Buddhist groups forcing thousands of Muslims to flee. “The organization’s efforts to restore the constitutional rights of
the Rohingya would go through official diplomatic channels and not through the humanitarian office,” said a statement by the 57-member Islamic organization.
The OIC stated they will present their findings to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, OIC secretary general has already sent letters to Burmese President Thein Sein, Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and the founder and chair of Burma’s National League for Democracy (NLD).
The OIC was given permission by the central government to open offices in Yangon and Sittwe but it was revoked after thousands of Buddhist Burmese protested.
