The United States and the United Kingdom announced fresh aid commitment of $96 million in the first ever high level conference on the Situation of the Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar at the UN headquarters on Tuesday.
Chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam revealed this information in a post shared on his verified Facebook account. He said that the US announced a new donation of $60 million and the UK $36 million.
Muhammad Yunus spoke at the opening session of the conference on Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar at the United Nations headquarters.
Emphasising the Rohingya repatriation as the 鈥榦nly peaceful solution鈥� to the protracted Rohingya crisis, he proposed seven-point actions, including devising a practical roadmap for safe and dignified return of Rohingyas with reasonable stabilisation of Rakhine.
鈥楢s funding declines, the only peaceful option is to begin their repatriation,鈥� he said.