Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, together with UN secretary-general Ant贸nio Guterres, is scheduled to visit the Rohingya camp in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Friday as the UN chief is set to embark on Bangladesh visit as part of his annual Ramadan solidarity tour.
Guterres will also take part in an Iftar meal with refugees and members of the Bangladeshi host community, recognising the generosity of Bangladesh in sheltering nearly one million Rohingya who fled persecution and violence in Myanmar.
Yunus will leave Dhaka for Cox鈥檚 Bazar in the morning and return to Dhaka in the evening, CA鈥檚 deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told media.
As part of his annual Ramadan solidarity visit, Guterres will be in Dhaka from March 13 to 16, where he will meet Rohingya refugees in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, one of the world鈥檚 largest refugee settlements, his spokesperson St茅phane Dujarric said.
During his visit, he will meet Yunus, as well as young representatives from civil society.
鈥楨very Ramadan, I undertake a solidarity visit and fast with a Muslim community around the globe. These missions remind the world of the true face of Islam,鈥� Guterres said in his message.
UN chief Guterres, in a recent letter to Yunus, expressed his hope that the high-level conference on Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar would renew global focus and help develop broader solutions for their plight.
The United Nations would continue to mobilise the international community to support Bangladesh as a host to the Rohingya, Guterres said.
The UN chief has requested his senior managers to provide guidance to the United Nations country teams in Bangladesh and Myanmar on how they can maximise humanitarian aid and livelihood support to communities in Rakhine.
The United Nations will prioritise engagement on this issue, including through the emergency relief coordinator and the resident and humanitarian coordinator, in Myanmar, to enable safe, rapid, sustained and unhindered humanitarian access to those in need in Rakhine and throughout Myanmar.
He thanked Yunus for his letter, which was shared with him by high representative for the Rohingya crisis and priority affairs Khalilur Rahman during their meeting on February 7.
The UN chief also reiterated the strong solidarity of the United Nations with Bangladesh and their support for the transition process under Yunus鈥� leadership.
He said that he shared Bangladesh鈥檚 concerns regarding the impact of the Rohingya crisis on Bangladesh and the region, as well as the worsening humanitarian situation in Rakhine.
