Rohingya crisis: UNSC delegation reaches Cox’s Bazar

The high-level 15-member delegation of the UN Security Council today reached Cox's Bazar to see the brutalities that Rohingyas faced during the recent ethnic cleansing in Rakhine State of Myanmar.

The UNSC delegation comprising envoys from five permanent members and 10 non-permanent members reached Cox's Bazar around 4:30pm and they will visit Rohingya camps tomorrow, our staff correspondent reports from the spot.

The government will brief the delegation later in the day and they will visit the Rohingya camps and the zero line along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to see the situation on the ground.

The rest are permanent representatives of Bolivia, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Sweden and deputy permanent representative from Ivory Coast.

Besides, Diplomats in Dhaka yesterday told that the visit can help the 15-member powerful world body truly understand the ground realities as the delegation will interact with the refugees in camps and listen to relevant actors.