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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council is planning [https://burmatourist.com/things-to-know-before-going-to-myanmar/ before going to Myanmar] meet later this month to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Myanmar's crackdown that led about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.<br><br>[http://www.recruitingblogs.com/main/search/search?q=British%20Ambassador British Ambassador] Karen Pierce is council president for August and she told reporters Wednesday that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to brief the council at the meeting. [http://Www.gameinformer.com/search/searchresults.aspx?q=Guterres Guterres] has called the Rohingya crisis "ethnic cleansing."<br><br>Pierce says Britain wants the Aug. 28 session [https://burmatourist.com/things-to-know-before-going-to-myanmar/ before going to Myanmar] focus on gaining "unconditional access" to Myanmar for the U.N. refugee and development agencies so they can work with Myanmar and Bangladesh "to make a credible plan to get the refugees back home in safety, dignity and security."<br><br>She says it's "a huge issue" that will also depend on having livelihoods and places for Rohingya to live.<br><br>Advertisement