Resolution on the Rohingya Crisis

Whereas the Rohingya, a Muslim minority resident population in what is now Myanmar/Burma that dates back to the 15th century, has suffered discrimination and persecution since at least the end of World II and 1948, when Myanmar/Burma gained its independence; and

Whereas proscription and persecution of the Rohingya under successive military governments have increased progressively since the late 1970’s, with denial of education, economic opportunity, even identity, ghettoization and loss of citizenship; and

Resolution on Support for International Action in Darfur

Background:

Darfur has been embroiled in a deadly conflict for over three years.  At least 400,000 people have been killed; more than 2 million innocent civilians have been forced to flee their homes and now live in displaced-persons camps in Sudan or in refugee camps in neighboring Chad; and more than 3.5 million men, women, and children are completely reliant on international aid for survival. Not since the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has the world seen such a calculated campaign of displacement, starvation, rape, and mass slaughter.