UN secretary-general arrives in Bangladesh to visit Rohingya refugee camps and push for aid
- U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Bangladesh to review the situation of over 1 million Rohingya refugees facing potential aid cuts, as reported by the Associated Press.
- The World Food Program warned that food rations for refugees might be reduced to $6 from $12.50 if funding is not secured, according to a letter sent to refugee authorities.
- Bangladesh's government hopes Guterres' visit will mobilize international aid and bring attention to the Rohingya crisis, as mentioned by its foreign affairs adviser, Touhid Hossain.
- Guterres is scheduled to visit the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar, aimed at boosting international support for the humanitarian crisis.
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UN mulls aid channel from BD to Myanmar
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Saturday the organisation is exploring the possibility of a humanitarian aid channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar. Guterres is on a four-day visit to Bangladesh that saw him meet on Friday with Rohingya refugees, threatened by looming humanitarian aid cuts. Around a million members of the persecuted and mostly Muslim minority live in squalid relief camps in Bangladesh, most of whom arrived after fleeing t…
UN chief Guterres calls for urgent global support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Guterres, who is on a four-day visit from March 13 to Bangladesh, was addressing a joint press briefing in Dhaka, a day after he travelled to Cox's Bazaar on a mission of solidarity with the Rohingya refugees.
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