Description:
YANGON, Myanmar ? Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has resigned from an international advisory panel on the massive Rohingya refugee crisis, calling it a "whitewash and a cheerleading operation" for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The sudden resignation Wednesday of probably the panel?s most prominent member, a former senior U.S. politician and diplomat who considered Suu Kyi a close friend, raises serious questions about international efforts to deal with the calamitous fallout of Myanmar military operations since August against the Rohingya Muslims that the United Nations has called "textbook ethnic cleansing."..."
Source/publisher:
Associated Press (AP)
Date of Publication:
2018-01-24
Date of entry:
2018-01-26
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Language:
English
