Lisa Singh (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

  (i) that 25 August 2018 marks one year since close to 700 000 Rohingya, mostly women and children, were forced to begin fleeing their homes in Rakhine State, Myanmar,

  (ii) that the Government of Bangladesh leads the humanitarian response and has kept its borders open to Rohingya refugees while the Bangladeshi people continue to show tremendous generosity and hospitality in the face of this massive influx,

  (iii) that since September 2017, Australia has contributed $70 million to the Rohingya crisis response and continues to have an important role calling for an outcome which allows Rohingya people to fully exercise their human rights,

  (iv) Australia's support for the implementation of recommendations from the report of the Kofi Annan-led Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, and

  (v) the Australian community's generosity in providing financial support to the crisis; and

(b) urges the international community to:

  (i) support Bangladesh to provide an appropriate, principled humanitarian response to the needs of displaced and affected communities,

  (ii) ensure humanitarian aid is delivered where it is needed in accordance with fundamental human rights, and

  (iii) work with all parties in the pursuit of inclusive peace, reconciliation and to implement the recommendations of the Kofi Annan-led Advisory Commission on Rakhine State.