Mon 17 Jun 2019
Exclusive: Body says it will withhold support ‘beyond life-saving
assistance’ in internally displaced persons camps deemed “closed” by the
Myanmar government
The UN has had a presence in internally displaced persons camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state since 2012.
Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
The United Nations in Myanmar has warned it will withdraw support in Rakhine state to avoid complicity in a government “policy of apartheid” for Rohingya Muslims.
A letter seen by the Guardian, sent from UN resident coordinator, Knut Ostby, to the Myanmar government, relayed a decision by the UN and its humanitarian partners to withhold support “beyond life-saving assistance” in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps deemed “closed” by the government, unless fundamental changes occur.
A letter seen by the Guardian, sent from UN resident coordinator, Knut Ostby, to the Myanmar government, relayed a decision by the UN and its humanitarian partners to withhold support “beyond life-saving assistance” in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps deemed “closed” by the government, unless fundamental changes occur.