Bangladeshi Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen has called upon OIC member states to mobilise their resources to expedite the ongoing case against Myanmar on Rohingya genocide at International Court of Justice, filed by Gambia.

The diplomat was speaking at an OIC contact group meeting on Rohingya crisis on the sidelines of 78th United Nations General Assembly session at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday.

Momen said that support and attention of the international community towards Rohingya crisis had been declining due to various ongoing global crises while only 30 per cent of the humanitarian aid for Rohingyas had so far been received this year.

Expressing his gratitude to the OIC member countries for their humanitarian support to Rohingyas, the foreign minister urged them to continue such gesture until the crisis was resolved.

He also praised the role of Gambia for filing the case against Myanmar on Rohingya genocide with the ICJ while Canada, the Netherlands, the UK, Germany and France also expressed their interest to join the legal front.

Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda Jallow informed the meeting about the latest situation of the case at ICJ.

Presided over by OIC secretary general Hissein Brahim Taha, the meeting was attended by Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Gambia, Djibouti, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Brunei and Senegal.