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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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday urged the international community to extend financial and political support to Rohingya refugees and their host communities in Bangladesh to prevent a humanitarian crisis, state-run BSS news agency reported.
During his four-day visit to Bangladesh starting March 13, Guterres held a joint press briefing in Dhaka, a day after visiting Cox’s Bazar in solidarity with the Rohingya refugees.
The future of over 1 million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar remains uncertain amid the looming threat of aid cuts.
Following his visit to the overcrowded camps in southeastern Bangladesh, where Rohingya refugees have taken shelter after being forced from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Guterres condemned the humanitarian aid reductions by the United States and European nations, calling them a crime.
On Saturday. He reiterated his call to the international community to provide more support for Rohingyas to avoid humanitarian disasters in refugee camps in Bangladesh, according to the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).
I strongly appeal to the international community to allow us