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Pope Francis: 'Families and homes must rediscover the Rosary's beauty'In this photo taken on Nov. 23, 2023, people rest in a monastery that has turned into a temporary shelter for internally displaced people at a village in Pauktaw township in Myanmar's western Rakhine State.
Domestic food production is predicted only to be enough to provide twenty percent of the population’s needs by March next year, with internal rice production “plummeting.” Essential services such as healthcare, education, and access to clean water and sanitation are becoming luxuries out of reach for many, with almost a quarter of all children no longer attending school.
But while the world has – quite rightly – focused attention on genocide, which is regarded as the crime of all crimes, it has largely ignored the plight of ordinary Rakhine people in the region as well. They are suffering human rights violations at the hands of the Myanmar military, too, and now, as this new report warns, a dire humanitarian crisis.
The UNDP report’s recommendations should be studied carefully and in that light. Goods should be allowed to enter Rakhine, and domestic restrictions within Myanmar should be lifted. The international community must pressure the junta to ensure commercial goods necessary for daily life flow in and out of Rakhine.
I know many of those local community groups who have been doing this work for decades. I know they can be trusted to be transparent, accountable, efficient, and effective if they are empowered to do so.
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