Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO)

Press Release: 28 May 2020
UN MIMU mapping continues to fail the Rohingya

Approximately one year ago ARNO wrote an open letter to Mr. Knut Osby, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar, to stop using the derogatory term “Ku Lar” to refer to Rohingya on maps produced by the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU). The open letter also requested the United Nations apologize for the use of this derogatory term. The open letter to Mr. Osby can be found here:

Demanding the removal of racist term “Ku Lar” from UN’s official Myanmar maps of Northern Rakhine State

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