Several leading Rohingya organisations and prominent activists have come together to form the Arakan Rohingya National Alliance (ARNA). The Alliance brings together many Rohingya leaders residing at home and abroad to achieve the right of self-determination of the Rohingya people within the Federal Union of Myanmar.

For more than half a century hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have been brutally murdered, raped and tortured by Myanmar military and regime sponsored non-state actors. The violence reached a peak in 2017 when Myanmar brutal military led the worst genocide of the 21st century in the Northern Arakan/Rakhine State, forcing more than a million Rohingyas to escape the border to Bangladesh where they currently live in squalid refugee camps aided by the Bangladesh government and International Aid organisations. This is the first time since the genocide of 2017 that a broad coalition of the Rohingya organizations, politicians and activists have joined together in a common platform, a development greeted with hope by Rohingya people, including million refugees and half a million stuck inside the open air prison of Arakan.

Prominent leader Nurul Islam has been elected as the Chairman of the Central Executive Committee, while another prominent leader Dr Yunus will lead as the Vice-Chairman along with Reza Uddin. 

Other important members of the Organisation include Aman Ullah, U Tun Khin, U Nay San Lwin, Ronnie, Dr Hla Myint, U Zaw Min Htut, Dr. Habib Ullah and Dr. Abu Siddique Arman.

Speakers at the virtual event stressed on the need for unity among Rohingyas and said important decisions will urgently have to be taken and executed for the very survival of the Rohingya community.