Rohingya crisis: Next UN report will be more detailed

United Nations Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has said she will convey the ongoing Rohingya crisis issue in her next report with more details and importance.

Lee, the UN human rights expert, told this when she met with Dr Dipu Moni, president of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York yesterday afternoon (US time).

So far, over 603,000 Rohingyas fled violence in Myanmar to Bangladesh since August 25 following Myanmar's security forces operations against them in response to insurgent attacks. 

The crisis created a global outcry, but the UN Security Council has failed to take any decisive action against Myanmar, where the Rohingyas are denied citizenship and have been persecuted for decades.

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Meanwhile in New York, Dipu Moni, while meeting Lee and several UN high ups, conveyed the message on behalf of Bangladesh that the international community including the UN must make Myanmar understand that it (Myanmar) must take back over a million citizens of Rakhine State who were forced to leave their land with security and dignity, reads a press statement issued by the Bangladesh mission.

There is no alternative to it, Dipu Moni added.

She also met with Jeffrey David Feltman, American diplomat and UN under-secretary-general for Political Affairs, and Pramila Patten, under-secretary-general and Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict on the same day.

Dipu Moni urged all international quarters to play a strong role in resolving Rohingya refugee crisis, the press release said.

In another meeting, Pramila Patten told Dipu Moni that she is fully aware of the sexual violence conducted against Rohingya women.

She will speak directly to the victims of sexual violence during her visit to Bangladesh in the first week on November, Patten said. 

Jeffrey David Feltman brought the attention of the Bangladesh lawmaker about his recent visit to Myanmar and stated that he had spoke with Myanmar leadership on UN's considerations what Myanmar should do to resolve the Rohingya crisis.