HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON THE SITUATION OF THE ROHINGYA MUSLIMS AND OTHER MINORITIES IN MYANMAR
30 SEPTEMBER 2025
STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY DATO’ DR. AHMAD FAISAL MUHAMAD
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAYSIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Madam President,
- The convening of this Conference is long overdue, as the Rohingya has been subjected to persecution for decades.
- As the conflict in Myanmar worsened, the security and humanitarian situation faced by the Rohingya and other minorities continues to deteriorate.
- The latest influx of 150,000 Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar reflects this grim reality.
- Today, we have an opportunity to improve the fate of the Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar. The gravity of this crisis demands our urgent attention and resolute action.
Madam President,
- About 73 percent of refugees worldwide are hosted by low and middle-income countries, with limited resources. This is also true, in the case of the Rohingya.
- It is imperative that the global community recognises this disproportionate burden. We must galvanise global solidarity to enhance burden sharing. Our collective efforts are extremely crucial to avoid negative socio-economic impacts, that can jeopardise the stability of host countries.
- Thus, Malaysia urges the global community to deliver, based on the principle of burden and responsibility sharing, their commitments under the 2018 Global Compact on Refugees.
Madam President,
- To truly address the Rohingya crisis, we must confront its root causes. The 1982 Citizenship Law has systematically denied the Rohingya people their fundamental rights. Let us be clear, attempts to erase the Rohingya’s identity, faith, history, and heritage, clearly violate international human rights law, and must be rejected.
- Only through a genuine political recognition can we hope to forge a path towards lasting peace, justice, and dignity for all.
- Rohingya people and other ethnic minorities in Myanmar deserve their rightful place within Myanmar’s society. The international community must show solidarity and support a clear, coordinated and sustained humanitarian and political response to achieve this goal.
- We must work together towards finding a sustainable solution, which includes an environment conducive for the voluntary, safe, and dignified return of Rohingya refugees to their places of origin in the Rakhine state.
Thank you.
News From Mission