File photo: A group of Rohingya refugee people walk after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh Photo: MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPUThe Ministerial meeting was attended by 16 ministers and high level representatives of 85 countriesBangladesh’s Permanent Representative UN Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has urged Nam and Asean to remain engaged so that Myanmar authorities do not fail to take back Rohingyas. "We must ensure that nations respect international law, and the international community should take necessary measures to hold accountable the perpetrators responsible for crimes against humanity such as those taking place against the Rohingyas in the Rakhine State of Myanmar," he said. Ambassador Momen said this while delivering the national statement at the debate of the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (Nam) Coordinating Bureau in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sunday, said a media release on Monday. He recalled the decision taken by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to join Nam in 1973. The Ministerial meeting was attended by 16 ministers and other high level representatives of 85 countries from Africa, Asia, Oceania, Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean region.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 22, 2019 09:33 UTC