CA for convening int'l conf'ce to find solution to Rohingya crisis

FE Team | Published: October 25, 2024 00:38:35

Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus has called for an "urgent attention" to the Rohingya crisis, including convening an international conference, to find a sustainable solution to the crisis and ensuring "safe and dignified" return of the Rohingya people to Myanmar, reports UNB.
"We cannot ignore the people who continue to be persecuted, uprooted and subjected to gross violations of human rights in the Rakhine State (Myanmar) or Gaza."
"No person, regardless of their number or identity, is expandable," he said in a message marking the United Nations Day observed on Thursday.
Bangladesh is now hosting over 1.3 million Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char with the new arrivals of 40,000 Rohingyas recently.
United Nations Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the UN officially came into being.
Prof Yunus called for reforming the UN to make it more inclusive, transparent and responsive to deliver to the aspirations of all people in an evolving global landscape.
He said Bangladesh calls for decisive UN action to protect the civilian children, women and men; and dialogue towards securing peace in Gaza and Lebanon and the wider region.
On this Day, Bangladesh renews its commitment to work with the international community to build a more just, peaceful, and equitable world, in 'shared interests'.
"Together, we must redeem our pledge to realise dignity and rights for everyone," said the Nobel Laureate.
On this United Nations Day, on behalf of the people of Bangladesh, he extended their cordial felicitations to all women and men of the UN family the world over and reaffirmed their commitment to the ideals of the UN Charter.
For eight decades now, Prof Yunus said, the United Nations has been fostering peace, safeguarding human rights, and promoting sustainable development.
In a time marked by unprecedented challenges-- climate change, conflicts, inequalities -- the delivering on the UN's mandate is more critical than ever, he added.