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| − | UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council is planning to meet later this month to commemorate the one-year anniversary of | + | UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council is planning to meet later this month to commemorate the one-year anniversary of [https://burmatourist.com/things-to-know-about-the-myanmar-map myanmar map]'s crackdown that led about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.<br><br>British Ambassador Karen Pierce is council president for August and she told reporters Wednesday that [http://www.broowaha.com/search/Secretary-General%20Antonio Secretary-General Antonio] [http://search.Un.org/search?ie=utf8&site=un_org&output=xml_no_dtd&client=UN_Website_en&num=10&lr=lang_en&proxystylesheet=UN_Website_en&oe=utf8&q=Guterres&Submit=Go Guterres] is expected to brief the council at the meeting. Guterres has called the Rohingya crisis "ethnic cleansing."<br><br>Pierce says Britain wants the Aug. 28 session to focus on gaining "unconditional access" to Myanmar for the U.N. [https://burmatourist.com/things-to-know-about-the-myanmar-map burma map] refugee and development agencies so they can work with [https://burmatourist.com/things-to-know-about-the-myanmar-map myanmar map] 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 |
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council is planning to meet later this month to commemorate the one-year anniversary of myanmar map's crackdown that led about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.
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. Guterres has called the Rohingya crisis "ethnic cleansing."
Pierce says Britain wants the Aug. 28 session to focus on gaining "unconditional access" to Myanmar for the U.N. burma map refugee and development agencies so they can work with myanmar map and Bangladesh "to make a credible plan to get the refugees back home in safety, dignity and security."
She says it's "a huge issue" that will also depend on having livelihoods and places for Rohingya to live.
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