Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will visit Cox’s Bazar on August 25 to attend the “Stakeholders’ Dialogue” on the Rohingya crisis in Cox’s Bazar.
The dialogue aims to generate concrete recommendations from the participants as the takeaway for the upcoming high-level conference to be held in New York in September, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This will be a preparatory event for the high-level conference on the Rohingya crisis scheduled in New York on September 30 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Office of the High Representative for the Rohingya Issue and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are going to organise the ‘Stakeholders’ Dialogue’ on Rohingya crisis in Cox’s Bazar.
The event titled ‘Stakeholders’ Dialogue: Takeaway to the High-Level Conference on the Rohingya Situation” will be held on August 24-26.
Experts both from home and abroad, diplomats, representatives from the Rohingyas, international organisations, and academicians will participate in the dialogue.
They will discuss their views and table propositions to address the Rohingya issues.
The voices of Rohingya men, women, and youth will feature prominently, providing the international community an opportunity to hear their perspectives, aspirations, and expectations.
The dialogue is also expected to take stock of the different aspects of the crisis including funding gaps for the Rohingyas in the camps, recent developments in Rakhine, dignified repatriation of Rohingyas and a way forward for a sustainable solution of the crisis.
It includes five thematic sessions on humanitarian assistance, confidence-building for repatriation, accountability for atrocities, and ways to a sustainable, time-bound and actionable long-term solution to the crisis.
Participants would visit the Rohingya camps on August 26.