UN condemns Myanmar over Rohingya abuses

The resolution highlighted the findings of an independent international mission of gross human rights violations and abuses suffered by Rohingya Muslims and other minorities by Myanmar's security forces which is described as the gravest crimes under international law.

United Nations: The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution condemning human rights abuses against the Muslim Rohingya community and other minorities in Myanmar.

The UN resolution was passed on Friday by a total of 134 countries in the 193-member world body with nine votes against and 28 abstaining.

It expressed alarm at the continuing influx of Rohingya to Bangladesh over the past four decades in the aftermath of atrocities committed by the security and armed forces of Myanmar.

The resolution also highlighted the findings of an independent international mission of gross human rights violations and abuses suffered by Rohingya Muslims and other minorities by Myanmar's security forces which is described as the gravest crimes under international law.

Reacting to the resolution, the UN ambassador for Myanmar Hau Do Suan called it another classic example of double-standards selective and discriminatory application of human rights norms.

He said it was designed to exert unwanted political pressure on Myanmar and did not attempt to find a solution to the complex situation in Rakhine state.

Friday's development comes after Myanmar state councilor and de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi rejected allegations of genocide at the UN International Court of Justice.

The Gambia brought the Rohingya case to the ICJ on behalf of dozens of other Muslim countries.

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar since the military operations began. As of September 30, there were 915,000 Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh. Almost 80 percent arrived between August and December 2017.

In March, Bangladesh said it would accept no more.