High-level UN meet on Rohingya situation tonight

The High-Level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar will be held at the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday night, September 30. Representatives from at least 75 countries and organisations, including heads of state and government, have confirmed their participation in the conference, which will begin at 10:00am local time (8:00pm Bangladesh time), Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said. The objectives of the UN-organised conference are to mobilise political support, sustain international attention on the crisis, review the overall situation, and address its root causes, including human rights issues. The conference aims to review the crisis and exchange perspectives on the ground situation...