But, like Bangladesh and the Myanmar government, ICRC does not use the word Rohingya to continue their humanitarian activities smoothly. The world’s oldest humanitarian organisation, ICRC plays a crucial humanitarian role during Bangladesh war of independence in 1971. They can be on the other side,” he said, adding that for ICRC neutrality does not mean “passive role”. He said ICRC works in 100 countries that do not mean that all the countries have the crisis. In Bangladesh, he said, since it is a “peaceful” country, their work is focused on promoting international humanitarian law.

Source: bd News24 February 22, 2017 19:07 UTC