‘Int’l community ready to back long-term Rohingya solution’

A high-level international conference on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar was held on September 30 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Representatives from 70 countries participated in the conference, which focused on achieving a lasting solution to the Rohingya crisis. The key points emphasised were the repatriation of Rohingyas and continued international assistance until their return. During the conference, the United States and the United Kingdom jointly announced aid commitments worth $96 million. “For the first time in such a forum, we saw that the international community is ready to invest political will to achieve a long-term solution to this problem,” said Dr. Khalilur Rahman, National Security Adviser to the interim government and...