UN Security Council delegation to visit northern Rakhine

A U.N. Security Council delegation today all set to visit the volatile areas of Myanmar’s Rakhine state .The purpose of visit to see firsthand the aftermath of the army’s crackdown as well as Myanmar’s preparations for taking back the refugees.

The 15-member delegation co-led by Security Council President Gustavo Meza-Cuadra was joined by Rakhine state and central government officials and ministers heading to Maungdaw in northern Rakhine where the Myanmar government has built reception camps for the Rohingya refugees now living in camps and other temporary shelters in Bangladesh.

A 15-member team co-ed by Security Councel President Gustvo Meza-Cudra was joined by Rakhine stte and centrl Government ministers and officials directing to Maungdaw in Norther Rakhine.The government o Myanmer has built reception camps for the reffugees.It also arrange the shelters in Bangladesh.
Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed in December to begin repatriating the refugees in January, but there were concerns among rights groups and Rohingya that they would be forced to return and face unsafe conditions in Myanmar.
The Security Council delegates met Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the military commander-in-chief Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing yesterday..