BD urges UNSC to solve Rohingya, Palestine crises

Bangladesh Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Masud Bin Momen has urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to take combined and firm steps for a permanent solution to the humanitarian crises of displaced Rohigyas and Palestine.

He made the call joining an open debate at the UNSC on ongoing situation in the Middle East, including Palestine, on Wednesday, said a press release on Thursday.

Ambassador Momen said, "We are realising the dreadfulness of the crisis through giving shelter and humanitarian assistance to a vast number of displaced Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar. So, we expressed our deep concern over humanitarian crisis of Palestinian people and illegal occupation in Palestine landscape."

"We expect combined and firm steps of the UNSC to make bilateral and diplomatic efforts between Bangladesh and Myanmar a success to help solve the crisis as the country has been tackling Rohingya crisis for last three decades," the Permanent Representative to UN said.

A UNB report said the Ambassador also emphasised on a consensus of the UNSC for peaceful, lawful and permanent solution to those longstanding crises. "If it did not do so, those permanent problems will create serious threat to global and regional peace and security," Momen warned.

Mentioning Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's firm stance regarding the Palestine issue, the envoy said Bangladesh government and its people have been extending supports to the rightful battle of Palestine people to establish a sovereign and sustainable state through the two-state solution framework making East Jerusalem their capital city.

In his speech, Momen placed Bangladesh's firm stand before the UNSC to ensure extended and sufficient fund to the UN Relief and Works Agency or Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in a bid to provide effective humanitarian assistance to Palestine refugees.