storella: the united states is not. senator shaheen: that's unfortunate because there are many women in need of that help. i don't know if any of you can answer this question but i do know i have heard from people who have in new hampshire and other places who have expressed oncern about why more have not spoken out more forcefully on this circumstance. mr. murphy, what is your assess hement? why sheant she spoken out more forcefully and what happened to that power sharing arrangement if she did? mr. murphy: my parents are residents in new hampshire and ask me the same question. aung san suu or kyi. we are seeing widespread racism directly at the rohingya. there are many that suffered rom racism inside the state. from hnic have suffered essentially directed discrimination. very complicated environment. we'd like to see more champions, more vocal people for the rohingya and other repressed populations. speaking on behalf of the hingya is a very dangerous situation for people in burma. we need broader human dignity and re

this would be for you, ambassador storella. if we can't rely on the security council at the u.n., the obvious questions that comes to me is number one, is it efficient or effective? the obvious question is no. so what do we need to do for the influence of the united states to say you guys need to get your act together. these are crimes against humanity and for rats to continue to be involved with you coming you need to tighten up your act and let's get the results we want on the ground. so, if you guys could respond to that. >> congressman yoho on returns come a couple things to offer. first, we have stated very clearly the right to dignified return must be an absolute. she herself stated that those who have fled will be allowed to return to their homes. a couple of things have taken place. we now need to see implementation. the burmese earlier this week sent a senior term to begin discussions with bangladesh counterparts. they together formed a joint working committee on repatriation modalities are that it's important. we want

storella. mr. storella: representative owe ho thank you for that question. -- representative yoho thank you for that question. we have obstacles in this. the most important part of dealing with the u.n. and international organizations is that we look at all the tools we have at our disposal and try to use all the tools as best we can. it's noteworthy that the u.n. human rights council, in which i once represented the united states, extended the mandate for action in burma. we should work with that. the recommendations from the annan commission report have been accepted by the burmese government and the bangladesh government. we should look at each of those and see which can be used best to press our case for access and accountability. will i think we also have to continue to use our voice, publicly which our senior leadership has in new york and washington. and also in burma itself. and we should continue that. finally, i think we have to keep demonstrating to the burmese leadership that it's in th

storella. >> chairman corker, ranking member cardin, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting us to this important hearing i'm grateful for the opportunity to update you on have used government is targeting life-saving humanitarian assistance and on the challenges we face ahead. the violence in re-kind state continues to devastate vulnerable populations within burma and cause families, most women and children, to flee for their lives. the attack on august 25 auguste violent reaction of that profit more than 6000 people to flee bangladesh brings the total number of rohingya in bangladesh to roughly 1 million people, and forced for the displacement inside the state itself. the magnitude and speed of this displacement make it one of the most dramatic you managing crises in decades. in burma, our number one human urgent priority is getting access to those in need in re-kind state. they have committed publicly bradley to provide humectant assistance to all communities and effective areas to the red cross movement. the movement at stress to the burmese government that i

ambassador storella andmr. murphy, when will the united states push for an end to these mass crimes? mr. murphy: i agree with you. for those of us who followed country for a long time we've seen big population moves in the past, 1970's, 1990's, last year as well. irregular migration in 2015 caused a crisis. >> independent investigation. get to the point. mr. murphy: we are supporting as a co-sponsor at he human rights council a u.n. fact finding mission that was recently extended, the mandate for this program, to look closely at the abuses, gathering information and make determinations on the way forward. i hasten to point out there are not just challenges in rakhine state. there's ongoing active conflict elsewhere in the country, in particular in kachin and those conflicts ned to come to an end. there are many actors inside the country. in terms of pressure points there's the civilian government, the security forces, local ethnic leaders. ms. wagner: why is -- isn't the u.s. doing its own independent investiga

ambassador storella, some countries are hesitant to call them refugees. how do we address the needs of rohingya who have no home to return to? how would you classify these stateless people who were forced to leave their country, running from likely genocide? >> congresswoman, thank you very much for that question and i would like to say that right now there are 1 million rohingya residing inside bangladesh. we have all recognized the incredible generosity of the government of bangladesh. and its people. there are perhaps more rohingya left in burma at this time. we consider the people refugees. we think that they should come under the mandate of the u.n. hcr and the international legal instruments that apply to that. the bangladesh government has undertaken a registration process for the people who have crossed the border. this is something that at times has been controversial in the past. they're doing so now with the assistance of u.n. hcr. this will give us a record of who has come across the border which will help us provide greater protection under i