US EditionRohingya Muslims Plead for Help at the UN to Stop the Killings in Myanmar
UN officials warn that without increased funding, over 1.2 million Rohingya refugees face worsening food insecurity and aid cuts, urging sustained political efforts to resolve the crisis.
- On September 30, the United Nations convened a high-level meeting in New York to address the plight of Rohingya Muslims and widespread insecurity in Rakhine State.
- The 2017 crackdown forced mass flight to Bangladesh, with at least 740,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing after being stripped of citizenship and basic rights by the Myanmar military.
- Nearly 1.2 million Rohingya now live in Bangladesh camps, including 150,000 arrivals since 2024, while the World Food Programme warned rations could drop to USD 6 per person if funding is not secured soon.
- Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun urged ending Myanmar's military dictatorship to enable safe repatriation, while Annalena Baerbock called the meeting a starting point and pledged follow-up action.
- Despite more than $1.25 billion from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, the humanitarian response in Bangladesh remains chronically underfunded, Filippo Grandi said.
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Rohingya Plea for International Intervention: UN High-Level Meeting Highlights Crisis
Rohingya Plea for International Intervention: UN High-Level Meeting Highlights Crisis In a significant gathering at the United Nations, Rohingya Muslims made an impassioned plea to the global community for intervention against the ongoing mass killings in Myanmar. The high-level meeting aimed to shed light on their decades-long suffering and the extreme conditions they continue to endure.Wai Wai Nu, the founder of the Women's Peace Network-Myanm…
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Rohingya Muslims plead for help at the UN to stop the killings in Myanmar
Rohingya Muslims have pleaded with the international community at the first United Nations high-level meeting on the plight of the ethnic minority to prevent the mass killings taking place in Myanmar and to help those in the persecuted group lead normal lives.
International Community, Civil Society Urge Minority Rights and Accountability Amid Ongoing Violence Against Rohingyas in Myanmar
Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, addresses the high-level conference of the General Assembly on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel ElíasBy Oritro KarimUNITED NATIONS, Oct 1 2025 (IPS) On September 30, the United Nations (UN) convened a high-level meeting on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar shortly following the end of the 80th s…
Decisive action inside Myanmar necessary: UNHCR - The New Nation
Staff Reporter : UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned that the plight of the Rohingya will not end without decisive action inside Myanmar, stressing that the roots of the crisis and its solution lie there. “This crisis originates in Myanmar. And that, Madam President, is where the solution lies,” he said at the UN General Assembly High-Level Conference on Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar in New York on Tuesday.…
Yangon, October 1 Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun, has urged the international community to understand the suffering of the people of Myanmar, including the Rohingya, and to oppose the military’s fake and fraudulent elections. He made the call at the High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, United …
Recorded Sessions – UN High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar – General Assembly, 80th session
Conference to review the overall crisis and share perspectives on the situation on the ground in order to propose a comprehensive, innovative, concrete and time-bound plan for a sustainable resolution of the crisis, including the voluntary, safe and dignified return of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar. Description The objectives of the High-level Conference are to mobilize political support, sustain international attention on the crisis, review the …
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