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& Statements by Governments & International Organizations (UPDATED INTERMITTENTY) (also see: Current Affairs Summary ) TABLE of CONTENTS:
NOTE: Since 2018, most official statements and reports are listed and linked on the appropriate NEWS page, rather than here. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS: from Government & Institutional Sources
The United States Announces Humanitarian Assistance for Rohingya and Other Vulnerable People in Burma and Bangladesh. - U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Green's Gaggle with Press ) Press release: U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Green's Opening Remarks at a Town Hall Meeting with U.S. Embassy Dhaka.
(USAID) Press Statement: U.S. Support of Memorandum of Understanding between UNHCR, UNDP, and the Government of Burma to Create the Conditions for the Voluntary Return of Rohingya Refugees from Bangladesh FINDING of 'GENOCIDE': "Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Remarks"
It’s a decision that I reached based on reviewing a factual assessment and legal analysis prepared by the State Department, which included detailed documentation by a range of independent, impartial sources, including human rights organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as well as our own rigorous fact-finding. Among those sources was a joint report, published in November 2017, by the museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and the human rights group, Fortify Rights; and the museum’s determination, in December 2018, that there is compelling evidence that Burmese military committed crimes against humanity and genocide against Rohingya. Given the gravity of this determination, it was also important that this administration conduct its own analysis of the facts and the law. (Inaudible) instances, the military used similar tactics targeting Rohingya: the razing of villages, killing, rape, torture, and other horrific abuses. The military’s attacks in 2016 forced nearly 100,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. In 2017, attacks killed more than 9,000 Rohingya, and forced more than 740,000 to seek refuge in Bangladesh. Let me take a moment to share some findings of this report, ..." on Rakhine State:
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