High-level UN meeting on Rohingya situation set for Tuesday

The UN will convene a high-level conference in New York on Tuesday to explore ways out of the crisis affecting Myanmar’s forcibly displaced Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities. Representatives from at least 75 countries and organisations, including heads of state and government, are set to participate in the conference, which will begin at 10am local time (8pm Bangladesh time), state news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangbad reports, citing Abul Kalam Azad Majumder, the chief advisor's deputy press secretary. 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. It will also review the crisis and exchange perspectives on the ground...