(14 Mar 2025)
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Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – 14 March 2025
1. Wide of António Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General along with other delegates visiting Rohingya refugee camp
2. Various of Guterres visiting Rohingya houses to meet refugees
3. Various of Guterres visiting Rohingya cultural memory center
4. Guterres along with others going to news briefing
5. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General:
“Unfortunately, recently, dramatic cuts in humanitarian aid were announced by the United States and by several other countries, namely in Europe. And because of that, we are at risk to cut the food rations in these camps. I can promise that we will do everything to avoid it. And I will be talking to all countries in the world that can support us in order to make sure that funds are made available to avoid a situation in which people would suffer even more. And some people would even die.”
6. Various of Guterres talking with Rohingya children at Rohingya learning center
7. Various of a Rohingya girl talking with Guterres and crew
8. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General:
“We cannot accept that the international community forgets about the Rohingyas. And my voice will speak loud to the international community saying we need urgently more support because this population badly needs that support to be able to live in dignity here in Bangladesh.”
9. Various of Rohingya refugees walking to join a Ramadan fast with Guterres and Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus
10. Various of drone shots of Rohingya refugees gathered to break their Ramadan fast ++MUTE++
11. Various of Rohingya refugees gathered at with banners and posters
12. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General:
“It’s essential that the international community does everything to make sure that peace is reestablished in Myanmar, and that the rights of the Rohingyas are respected. That discrimination and persecution, like the one that we witnessed in the past, will end.”
13. Mid of Yunus and Guterres walking to join refugees to break their Ramadan fast
14. Yunus exchanging greeting with refugees
15. Various of Yunus along with Guterres and refugees at the iftar program
STORYLINE:
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday denounced humanitarian aid cuts by the United States and other countries in Europe.
Guterres was on a four-day visit to Bangladesh where he is assessing the plight of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees whose future remained uncertain over possible aid cuts.
The U.N. would do everything possible to arrange adequate funding for the Rohingya refugees after recent announcement of dramatic aid cuts by the U.S. and other countries in Europe, Guterres said.
The U.N.’s food agency recently said it would have no option but to cut food aid by half for the Rohingya from April if they fail to arrange adequate funds to feed them.
In a meeting with Bangladesh’s interim leader, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus in the capital, Dhaka, Guterres expressed his concern over Western nations’ decision to boost defense spending while humanitarian aid is squeezed across the world.
Guterres and Yunus left Dhaka to visit camps in Cox’s Bazar district where the leaders met the refugees and learned about their plights.
In a media briefing later Friday, Guterres said he will call on the international community to give urgent support to the refugees.
“We cannot accept that the international community forgets about the Rohingya,” he said.
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