UN draft urges Myanmar to drop identity plan

UNITED NATIONS: Draft resolutions urges ‘access to full citizenship on equal basis’ for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims.
A new UN draft resolution takes aim at Myanmar’s aggressive campaign to have its Rohingya Muslims identify as a term they reject, urging “access to full citizenship on an equal basis.”
The European Union-drafted resolution, obtained Friday by The Associated Press, puts pressure on the Southeast Asian country to change its campaign, preferably before world leaders including President Barack Obama arrive for a regional summit in less than two weeks.
Myanmar’s 1.3 million Rohingya have been denied citizenship and have almost no rights. Attacks by Buddhist mobs have left hundreds dead and 140,000 trapped in camps. Others are fleeing the country.
Authorities want to officially categorise the Rohingya as “Bengalis,” implying they are illegal migrants from neighbouring Bangladesh, according to a news agency.