Dhaka, Feb 23 (V7N)-Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday sought the UN's support to help ease the humanitarian crisis in the civil war-wracked Rakhine State and prevent the influx of new refugees fleeing Western Myanmar.
Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop met Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna and discussed mobilizing more donors for the Rohingya refugees after uncertainty over the new direction in the US foreign policy.
They discussed the Rohingya crisis and explored fresh ways to resolve it and mobilize new donors for humanitarian assistance for more than a million forcibly displaced Rohingyas living in the camps in Bangladesh's southeast.
Yunus said the United Nations will hold an international conference on the Rohingya crisis later this year, and he urged Bishop, former acting prime minister of Australia, to play a central role in the major meeting.
"Your role will be crucial," the chief adviser said, adding that Malaysia and Finland have agreed to become co-facilitators of the conference.
Bishop stressed the need to make the UN international conference on Rohingyas a major success, as it will be crucial to resolve the decade-long crisis sustainably.
Bishop noted that UN chief Antonio Guterres will visit Bangladesh in mid-March and meet with Rohingyas in the camps in Cox's Bazar.
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