UNSC will send team to visit BD, Myanmar

The UN Security Council has got the go-ahead signal to visit Myanmar and Bangladesh this month, when it expects to focus on the Rohingyas, as well as to Iraq, reports UNB.

The details and timing of the separate visits will be worked out, Peru's UN Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, also the council president for April, told reporters on Monday.

He said the council members hope to visit Myanmar's western Rakhine state, where about 700,000 Rohingyas lived before fleeing to Bangladesh to escape a brutal military counterinsurgency campaign - and thousands still remain.

Meza-Cuadra said Iraq needs international support "for rebuilding the country and to ensure reconciliation" following "significant progress" in fighting terrorism, including the Islamic State extremist group.