UN finds 'systemic failures' in its Rohingya responseRohingya refugees wait after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on Oct 9, 2017. (AFP photo)UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations experienced "systemic failures" in its handling of the situation in Myanmar leading up to the 2017 mass exodus of Rohingya, a UN report said on Monday. The report says that while "it is difficult to assign responsibility for systemic failures," there is a shared responsibility "on the part of all parties involved" in not "conveying more forcefully the United Nations' principled concerns regarding grave human rights violations." But Louis Charbonneau, United Nations director at Human Rights Watch, said the UN needs to hold accountable "UN officials most responsible for ignoring ethnic cleansing in Myanmar." "UN 'lessons-learned' reports about its failure to act in the face of mass atrocities have become almost routine," he said.

Source: Bangkok Post June 18, 2019 01:46 UTC