UN Security Council team visits Bangladesh to meet Rohingya
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A U.N. Security Council delegation arrived in Bangladesh on Saturday to get a firsthand look at the plight of some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar to escape military-led violence.
The team will visit camps housing the refugees and discuss the crisis with local officials. The delegation will also visit Myanmar after concluding its three-day visit on Monday.
Representatives from the five permanent Security Council members — China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States — and 10 non-permanent member states have joined the delegation, which arrived in the coastal town of Cox's Bazar, where the camps are located.