Repatriation of Rohingyas only viable solution: CA Yunus to UN envoy on Myanmar
'This is not an issue the world can afford to forget,' says Julie Bishop, the UN special envoy on Myanmar.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has said the repatriation of Rohingyas to their homeland is the only viable solution to the protracted crisis.
"The return of the Rohingya people to their homeland is the only viable solution. There is no alternative," he said when Julie Bishop, former acting prime minister of Australia and currently the UN special envoy on Myanmar, met him at a hotel in New York yesterday (29 September).
During the meeting, they discussed different issues, including the Rohingya crisis, the situation in Myanmar's Rakhine State, the severe funding shortfall affecting the Rohingyas and key issues expected to be addressed at today's High-Level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar at the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations headquarters.
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Yunus said, "Let's hope tomorrow's conference brings forth some meaningful proposals. This is not an issue the world can afford to forget."
Meanwhile, Bishop emphasised the need to diversify funding sources for Rohingya support, calling on Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states to increase their contributions.
