minority group be registered as "Bengalis" in the 2014 Myanmar Census, the first census to be held in three decades. On 7 May 2014, the United States House of Representatives passed the United States House resolution on persecution of the Rohingya people in Burma that called on the government of Myanmar to end the discrimination and persecution. Researchers from the International State Crime Initiative at Queen Mary University of London suggest that the Myanmar government is in the final stages of an organised process of genocide against the Rohingya. In November 2016, a senior UN official in Bangladesh accused Myanmar of ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas. However, Charles Petrie, a former top UN official in Myanmar, said that "Today using the term, aside from being divisive and potentially incorrect, will only ensure that opportunities and options to try to resolve the issue to be addressed will not be available. In September 2020, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has warned that the killing and abductions of Rohingyas have not stopped, despite the International Court of Justice ordering Myanmar's leadership to prevent genocide and stop the killings in December 2019. Some countries like Malaysia have rejected the resettlement of Rohingya refugees and sent them back to sea because of economic difficulties and the Coronavirus pandemic. Malaysian authorities have also expressed concern that militant Rohingya groups have been raising funds by extorting money from Rohingya refugees in the country. See also International reactions to the Rohingya genocide Kamein List of ethnic groups in Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing Persecution of Muslims Rohingya refugees in India Explanatory notes References Citations General and cited sources (in alphabetical order) "Burma's Western Border as Reported by the Diplomatic Correspondence (1947–1975)" by Aye Chan "Burma's Western Border as Reported by the Diplomatic Correspondence (1947–1975)" by Aye Chan International Center for Transitional Justice, Myanmar External links Ethnic groups in Bangladesh Ethnic groups in Myanmar Ethnic groups in Pakistan Indo-Aryan peoples Islam in Myanmar Muslim ethnoreligious groups Refugees in Indonesia Refugees in Malaysia Stateless nationalism in Asia Stateless people