Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other
minorities in Myanmar
A/RES/79/182
S-29/1 of 12 February 2021, 11 43/26 of 22 June 2020, 12 42/3 of 26 September 2019, 13
39/2 of 27 September 2018, 14 37/32 of 23 March 2018 15 and S-27/1 of 5 December
2017, 16 the presidential statements issued by the Security Council on 6 November
2017 17 and 10 March 2021, 18 and the press statements of the Security Council on the
situation in Myanmar of 9 May 2018, 19 4 February 2021 20 and 1 and 30 April 2021,
as well as Security Council resolutions 2669 (2022) of 21 December 2022 and 2467
(2019) of 23 April 2019,
Condemning in the strongest terms all violations and abuses of human rights
against civilians, including Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar,
before and after the declaration of the state of emergency on 1 February 2021 and its
subsequent extensions,
Reiterating its deep concern over the continued violence, violations and abuses
of human rights against and forced displacement of Rohingya Muslims and other
minorities, and in this regard stressing the need to address the root causes of the crisis
in Rakhine State,
Expressing its deep concern over the sharp rise in serious human rights
violations and abuses since the declaration and subsequent extensions of the state of
emergency by the Myanmar military, which pose further serious challenges to the
voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of all forcibly displaced persons,
including Rohingya Muslims,
Expressing grave concern at the recent reports of the use of Rohingya Muslims
as human shields and the forcible conscription of Rohingya Muslims, which are
escalating intercommunal tensions between Rakhine communities and Rohingya
Muslims, and at reports of the destruction of religious sites of all religions and the
use of Muslim places of worship, including mosques and madrasas, as military
outposts,
Expressing grave concern also at the announcement by the Myanmar military
on 10 February 2024 of the conscription of men aged 18 to 35 years and women aged
18 to 27 years, which has reportedly led to forced recruitment, including of Rohingya
Muslims, and is already impacting the civilian population, and could result in
increased instability in Myanmar and across the region and an increase in the numbers
of internally displaced persons and of refugees, including Rohingya Muslims and
other minorities, in neighbouring countries and Rohingya-hosting countries,
Alarmed at the resumption and hardening of conflict in Rakhine State and at the
recent reports of increased hatred, hate speech and violence against Rohingya, the
burning of Rohingya villages, including in Buthidaung and Maungdaw, and the
destruction of Rohingya homes and livelihoods, leading to the reported killing,
wounding and forced internal displacement of Rohingya Muslims and other
minorities, which have aggravated the already precarious human rights and
humanitarian situation in Rakhine State and pose serious challenges for creating a
conducive environment for the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of
Rohingya Muslims, and expressing grave concern that prolonged uncertainty over the
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Ibid., chap. IV.
Ibid., Seventy-fifth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/75/53), chap. IV, sect. A.
13
Ibid., Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/74/53/Add.1), chap. II.
14
Ibid., Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/73/53/Add.1), chap. II.
15
Ibid., Supplement No. 53 (A/73/53), chap. IV, sect. A.
16
Ibid., chap. III.
17
S/PRST/2017/22; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 2017 (S/INF/72).
18
S/PRST/2021/5.
19
SC/13331.
20
SC/14430.
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