Rohingya Noticeably Absent From U.N. Conference

FP 
Foreign Policy
Alexandra Sharp,
September 30, 2025, 

Rohingya refugees gather to listen United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres during his visit to a refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, on March 14. Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images 

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Bangladesh holds international conference on Rohingya: Here’s what to know

Al Jazeera 
Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 25 Aug 2025

From left, Jahena Begum, 50, and her three disabled children - Sumaiya Akter, 23; Md Ayas, 21; and Md Harez, 19 - live in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh [File: Valeria Mongelli/Al Jazeera]

Bangladesh is holding a two-day conference in Cox’s Bazar on the persecuted Rohingya community before a high-level conference on the Rohingya refugee crisis in September on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.