The resolutions comes after the Gambia brought a case at the International Court of Justice urging strong action to prevent a genocide  of the Muslim minority.

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United Nations General Assembly resolutions are not binding. The determinations of the 193-member body reflect world option, however.

The resolution, adopted by 134 votes to nine, with 28 abstentions, calls on the Myanmar Government urgently to combat incitement of hatred against the Rohingya and other minorities in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan states.

The Rohingya, who have been in Myanmar for generations have been denied citizenship since 1982.

They are denied freedom of movement and other basic rights.

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