Myanmars wilful, INTENTIONAL and criminal denial of essential life support services to the Rohingya constitute a GENOCIDAL ACT. Whereas the Government of Burma has relocated displaced Rohingya into displacement camps where they have limited access to adequate shelter, clean water, food, sanitation, health care, livelihoods, or basic education for their children; Whereas thousands of Rohingya are entirely reliant on inter- national assistance for food, clean water, and health care because they are not permitted to move for work and therefore cannot provide for their families; Whereas, in February 2014, the Government of Burma sus- pended the activities of Nobel Laureate M´edecins Sans Frontieres, the primary provider of healthcare to hundreds of thousands in Rakhine State; Whereas the Government of Burma entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Medecins Sans Frontieres in September 2014 but all services have not resumed; Whereas attacks on organizations and their property in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, in March 2014 caused over 300 international aid workers to evacuate the area, and while many of these aid workers have now re- turned, they have not yet been able to resume full operations, leaving many more people vulnerable, particularly in the area of health care; Whereas the denial of unhindered humanitarian assistance when populations are in need of such services is a severe breach of a government’s responsibility to protect and support its residents and suggests disregard for individuals who suffer the effects of disease and malnourishment as a result of a lack of assistance; ar-union.org/us-senate-introduces-rohingya-resolution/
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