Angelina Jolie addressing a press conference at a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar on Tuesday — AFP COX'S BAZAR, Feb 05: Special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie visited the Rohingya refugee camps at Kutupalong on Tuesday and called on Myanmar to show its genuine commitment to end violence against Rohingya.
People responsible for human rights violations must be held accountable for their actions, the Hollywood star said at a press briefing at a camp in Ukhiya in the afternoon.
She also stressed the need for implementation of the recommendations of Rakhine Advisory Commission to improve the conditions for all communities in the Rakhine State of Myanmar.
She called on all to work together with the UNHCR to address the refugee crisis.
Earlier, Jolie arrived at the Kutupalong extension camp-4 at around 10:30am and saw the relief work, food and water supply situation and education facilities there.
She visited the healthcare centre, run by the Relief International at Kutupalong-3 Rohingya refugee camp.
During her visit, Jolie talked to Rohingya women and children and listened to their stories of struggle.
She also visited a field hospital run by the Hope Foundation at Kutupalong-4 camp and talked with registered Rohingya refugees living there.
She also assessed some of the more critical challenges facing Bangladesh as a host country, according to the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency.
Her visit comes just before the launch of a new appeal for the humanitarian situation in Bangladesh -- the 2019 Joint Response Plan -- which seeks to raise some $920 million to continue meeting the basic needs of Rohingyas and the communities hosting them.
Contacted, Refugee, Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) Mohammad Abul Kalam said, "The Hollywood superstar came to Cox's Bazar on Monday on three-day visit. She will leave for Dhaka on Wednesday (today)".
On Monday morning, she visited Chakmarkul Rohingya refugee camp at Teknaf.
During her visit at Teknaf, Jolie spoke to numerous Rohingya men and women who fled the persecution in Rakhaine state of Myanmar.
Rohingya refugee leader Nurul Amin said the special envoy for UNHCR spent a long time with 25 women who are victims of abuse, sexual assault and torture and many children at Kutupalong-4 camp on Tuesday morning.
While this is Jolie's first visit to Bangladesh, the star has met Rohingya refugees before, in Myanmar in 2015 and in India in 2008, as goodwill ambassador of the UNHCR.
More than 800,000 Rohingya Muslims entered Bangladesh through Ukhiya and Teknaf borders after violence erupted in Myanmar in August 2017 following attacks and counter-attacks between insurgents and security forces.
Bangladesh is now home to over 1.2 million Rohingyas, including 400,000 refugees who crossed the border before 2017.
The UNHCR special envoy will wrap up her visit to Bangladesh with official meetings with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen as well as other senior officials in Dhaka on Wednesday.
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