The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 27th November 2023:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to request a meeting of the UN Security Council to address the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con, Foreign Office): We continue to monitor the risk of further violence in Rakhine State, and to underline the need for humanitarian access and protection of civilians, including the Rohingya and other vulnerable groups. We continue to raise our concerns at the targeting of Rohingya and other minorities in multilateral fora and with international partners. On 15 November, the UK filed a joint declaration of intervention at the International Court of Justice in The Gambia’s case which alleges Myanmar has perpetrated genocide against the Rohingya, in order to set out our interpretation of the relevant provisions of the Genocide Convention before the Court.
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reconsider the cuts made to aid for the humanitarian response for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: The UK is a leading donor to the Rohingya response overall in Bangladesh, providing over £373 million in humanitarian support for the crisis since 2017. Given unprecedented global humanitarian need, the UK has adjusted annual allocations for specific crises, including the Rohingya. The UK will return to the 0.7 per cent ODA/GNI target as soon as fiscal tests allow.
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