Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Rohingya refugees wait for a food distribution in Kutupalong camp, Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh.
UNHCR/Andrew Mconnell

UN chief calls for Security Council to work with Myanmar to end ‘horrendous suffering’ of Rohingya refugees

28 August 2018
Migrants and Refugees

Despite the efforts made by the United Nations over the past year to help create safeguards for all communities in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, it is clear that conditions are still not suitable for the safe, voluntary, and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees to their home, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday.

Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar flee to Bangladesh after facing brutal persecution that UN officials have said may amount to crimes against humanity.
UNHCR/Roger Arnold

Myanmar military leaders must face genocide charges – UN report

27 August 2018
Human Rights

Top military commanders in Myanmar should be investigated and prosecuted for the “gravest” crimes against civilians under international law, including genocide, United Nations-appointed investigators said on Monday.

Rohingya refugees are still living in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh a year after they fled Myanmar.
© UNFPA Bangladesh/Carly Learson

Rohingya emergency one year on: UN says thousands of lives saved, but challenges remain

24 August 2018
Humanitarian Aid

Significant progress has been made in protecting hundreds of thousands Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in the 12 months since they fled violence in Myanmar, but lives “will once again be at risk” if funding is not urgently secured, UN officials said on Friday.

Secretary General António Guterres briefs an informal meeting of the General Assembly on his concerns for 2018.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Warning that ‘peace remains elusive,’ UN chief outlines areas for action in 2018

16 January 2018
Peace and Security

Having taken office with a call for peace to be the watchword of 2017, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday said the world instead had ‘gone in reverse,” and that there are critical areas that need action in the New Year, including climate change, the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, the Middle East conflict, and the Rohingya crisis.

Children collect clean and safe water from a tap stand in Kyein Ni Pyin camp, home to almost 6,000 Rohingya displaced by violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 2012.
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Rohingya children trapped in 'appalling' conditions in Myanmar's Rakhine state – UNICEF

9 January 2018
Migrants and Refugees

While the eyes of the world are on Myanmar's northern Rakhine and Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, more than 60,000 Rohingya children remain nearly forgotten, trapped in appalling camps in central Rakhine where the shelters teeter on stilts above garbage and excrement, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported Tuesday.

Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters.
UN Photo/Kim Haughton

UN rights expert ‘disappointed’ by Myanmar’s decision to refuse visit

20 December 2017
Human Rights

The United Nations expert on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Wednesday expressed disappointment at the Government’s decision to deny her all access to the country and withdraw cooperation for the duration of her tenure.

Rohingya refugees, displaced by violence in Myanmar, at a camp in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh. (File)
UNHCR/Saiful Huq Omi

Myanmar: UN welcomes final assessment of independent advisory panel on Rakhine state

24 August 2017
Migrants and Refugees

The United Nations today welcomed the release of the final report of an independent advisory body looking into the situation in Myanmar's Rakhine state.