US, Others Announce Donor Conference to Aid Rohingya

BenarNews

Kamran Reza Chowdhury and BenarNews staff
Dhaka and Washington
2020-10-15

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun (left) and Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen speak to reporters at the Padma State Guesthouse in Dhaka, Oct. 15, 2020.
 Kamran Reza Chowdhury/BenarNews

An international conference is to be held next week to call on countries worldwide to “help provide much needed funding” for supporting Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and those who have been displaced by conflict inside their home state of Rakhine in Myanmar, the U.S. State Department announced Thursday.

The virtual donor conference, co-hosted by the United States, United Kingdom, European Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, will take place on Oct. 22, officials said.