U.N. Rohingya Conference Must Spark Concrete Action

ROBERT KENNEDY HUMANRIGHT
Alexis Capati
Catherine Cooper
October 3, 2025

“You already have the evidence. You already have the power. What is missing is the political will.” Rohingya Activist Wai Wai Nu at the U.N. High-level Conference on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. 

 

As the Rohingya community faces compounding crises, this week’s U.N. High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar was held at a critical moment. The Rohingya, who are one of the most persecuted communities in the world, face existential threats, including international crimes by the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group. Outside of Myanmar, the Rohingya who live in refugee camps in Bangladesh face drastic cuts to essential aid.

Chief adviser seeks ‘safe zone guaranteed by UN’ for displaced people in Rakhine

prothomalo
BSS Dhaka
Published: 15 Oct 2024, 

Special rapporteur of the UN on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews calls on chief adviser professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus at his Tejgaon office in Dhaka on 14 October 2024BSS

Chief adviser professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus Monday called for creating a “safe zone guaranteed by the UN” for the displaced people in Rakhine and finding ways to support them.

He made the call when Thomas Andrews, the special rapporteur of the UN on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, called on the chief adviser at his Tejgaon office in the city.