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CA seeks 'safe zone guaranteed by UN' for displaced people in Rakhine

Diplomatic Correspondent, dhakadiplomat.com
  15 Oct 2024, 00:48

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today called for creating a "safe zone guaranteed by the UN" for the displaced people in Rakhine and finding ways to support them.

He made the call when Thomas Andrews, the Special Rapporteur of the UN on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, called on Chief Adviser at his Tejgaon office here.

The Special Rapporteur appreciated the Chief Adviser for his three-point proposals on the Rohingya crisis, which were floated on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York last month.

He said the violence in Rakhine state has created an "enormous crisis" in the state, and humanitarian aid is urgently needed for the displaced and starving people, including that of Rohingyas.

The Special Rapporteur said at least 3.1 million people have been displaced in Myanmar, including hundreds of thousands in Rakhine State, where insurgent groups have been fighting against the Myanmar military for years.

He noted that in recent weeks some 30,000 Rohingyas have fled their homes in Rakhine and entered Bangladesh, which is already hosting more than a million Rohingya people in camps in the country's southeastern Cox's Bazar border district.

Creating a "safe zone guaranteed by the UN" for the displaced people in Rakhine will be the best thing to get aid to them, Prof Yunus said, adding that it could be a "good beginning" to resolve the crisis in Rakhine and that it can prevent thousands of new refugees from entering Bangladesh.

The Chief Adviser also suggested talks with the international community, including ASEAN, over the violence and displaced people in Rakhine.

He sought support from the Special Rapporteur to expedite the resettlement of thousands of Rohingya refugees to a third country.

The ICC investigations into the atrocities committed against the Rohingya in 2017 and the recent student-led revolution in Bangladesh were also discussed during the meeting.

 

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