Three top officials of the United Nations will jointly visit Bangladesh from April 24-26 to highlight the ongoing humanitarian needs of almost one million Rohingya people living in makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar, reports BSS.
The three officials are UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Ant¢nio Vitorino and the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock, a UNHCR media release said on Monday.
In Dhaka, the delegation will hold talks with senior government officials, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, to explore the ways for international community to provide further support to Bangladesh as hosts to the Rohingyas.
The delegation will then travel to Cox’s Bazar to meet the displaced Rohingyas, assess preparations underway ahead of the monsoon season and visit projects, including those involved in food distribution and shelters.
They will also meet the people who are working as volunteers, and observe a UNHCR-Government of Bangladesh registration exercise, designed to provide identity cards to all refugees, ensuring their access to aid services and protection as well as establishing their right to return to Myanmar.
The aim of the visit is to highlight the need to continue strong international support for the humanitarian response while solutions for the Rohingyas are pursued, including the creation of conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine State that would allow for the voluntary, safe and dignified return of the forcibly displaced people to their homes.