Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Myanmar regarding reports of atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims in Tula Toli on 30 August.

The Government is deeply concerned by the many reports of atrocities following the military's violent operation that prompted more than 600,000 Rohingya people to flee into Bangladesh. I strongly condemned the violence when I spoke at the Human Rights Council on 11 September.
The Foreign Secretary has spoken to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi about the crisis three times, most recently on 21 October, to make clear this situation is completely unacceptable and to call on her to resolve the crisis. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific pressed Burma's Defence Minister to ensure accountability for the perpetrators of human rights violations when they met on 20 November.
The Foreign Secretary secured on 6 November the first UN Security Council Presidential Statement on Burma in a decade. This called for accountability for perpetrators of human rights violations including sexual violence. The Burmese authorities must heed the Security Council's call. The Foreign Secretary will lead further international action if they do not.
​The UK has co-sponsored the UN General Assembly resolution on Burma and played a leading role in the creation of the UN Fact-Finding Mission in March 2017. We will ensure that the mission is aware of the reports of atrocities in Tula Toli.