Dr. Yunus has three proposals to solve the Rohingya crisis
Last Updated on September 27, 2024 7:56 am
The Chief Advisor of the Interim Government held a meeting with high-level officials at the UN headquarters about the Rohingyas who were displaced from Myanmar and took refuge in Bangladesh. Muhammad Yunus. Shafiqul Alam, Press Secretary of the Chief Adviser, said that the meeting was held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Session.
In the press briefing at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan on Tuesday evening, he said, Dr. in the meeting. Muhammad Yunus made three proposals to solve the Rohingya crisis. The proposals are-
1. The UN Secretary General can convene an international conference on the Rohingya crisis with all stakeholders as soon as possible. The conference should review the overall situation of the crisis and suggest innovative and progressive ways.
2. The Joint Response Plan, jointly managed by the UN system and Bangladesh, needs to be strengthened. Given the sliding funding situation, the process of increasing resources needs to be given more political pressure.
3. The international community should strongly support justice and accountability measures to address the genocidal crimes committed against the Rohingya population. I look forward to hearing from Prosecutor Karim Khan about the progress of the case at the ICC. Redressing the injustices perpetrated by the military junta is key to Myanmar’s long-term peace and security.
The meeting was attended by UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Myanmar Julie Bishop, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi and Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain.
The chief adviser. Muhammad Yunus said, I reiterate my government’s full commitment to work with all stakeholders in upholding the dignity and security and rights of the Rohingya people. We are waiting for a political solution to this crisis.
Dr. at the meeting. Yunus said Bangladesh has sheltered more than 1.2 million displaced Rohingya from Myanmar. The world is less aware of the fact that around 32,000 new born babies join this population every year in camps in Bangladesh. Another 20,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh in the last two months. Despite the hospitality of the Rohingyas with great compassion, a densely populated country continues to incur such high socio-economic-environmental costs. These are traditional and non-traditional security risks for us. Our own development is very much at stake. Clearly, Bangladesh has reached its limit of patience.
He said, no matter how committed Bangladesh is to the humanitarian side or ensuring justice, the repatriation of the Rohingyas is the only sustainable solution to the long-standing crisis.