United Nations considering humanitarian channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres (right) and Adviser for Foreign Affairs of the Interim Government of Bangladesh Md Touhid Hossain at a joint press briefing in Dhaka on March 15. A day earlier, Guterres said the UN would do “everything” to prevent food rations being cut for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh (Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP)

United Nations (UN) 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 the 2017 military crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar.“We need to intensify humanitarian aid inside Myanmar to create a condition. . .

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AFPMarch 17, 2025

United Nations considering humanitarian channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar

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