Bangladesh reports bare minimum Covid-19 pass on among Rohingyas
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN in NY Ambassador Rabab Fatima has stated different measures taken by the government have kept Covid-19 pass on among the Rohingya population to the very least level.
The PR also mentioned that the Rohingyas have been contained in Bangladesh’s national COVID response and recovery plans.
She was speaking at the high-level panel discussion on “Addressing the increasing complexity of health challenges in humanitarian context” in the 2020 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS) on Tuesday June 10).
Sharing Bangladesh’s encounter, the PR mentioned that Bangladesh’s hosting of the 1.1 million Rohingyas from Myanmar demonstrated its commitment to humanity and human rights.
Rabab Fatima briefed the meeting about some of the attempts of the government to reduce the chance of transmission of COVID-19 found in the Rohingya camps such as steps taken to put in place hygiene and social distance measures and establishing of temporary isolation centres while making certain humanitarian operations such as food, nutrition, normal water and sanitation programmes continued unhindered.
Morocco seeing as the Vice President of the ECOSOC had chaired the ECOSOC HAS meeting even while Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mr. Mark Lowcock moderated the discussion.
Earlier, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressed the HAS and mentioned that overall health emergencies including the COVID 19 pandemic could exacerbate any kind of humanitarian crisis, and for that reason, the refuges and additional people in humanitarian circumstances were being given large priority found in the UN’s Global Humanitarian Response Strategy.
Ms. Sigrid Kaag, the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of holland participated in the meeting and explained that after striking earliest in the a few of the world’s wealthiest countries, COVID-19 was right now ravaging countries where wellbeing systems were not as advanced, and where persons possessed fewer coping mechanisms.
The PR of Bangladesh underscored that the existing gaps in humanitarian assistance coordination must be addressed and all persons including Rohingya migrants and their host communities will need to have unhindered and free usage of vaccines and treatments, with no additional burden with their host countries.
She emphasized that humanitarian programmes for preparedness, response and recovery, should be inclusive of mental health insurance and psychosocial support for all influenced people.
She urged for particular attention to the gender dimension and particular challenges faced by women, in such situations.
Mentioning that environment vulnerability can also produce humanitarian emergencies as environment change has put millions of individuals facing vector-borne conditions, the Ambassador Fatima underscored the value of renewed climate actions.
The ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment (Has got) meeting was also attended by a considerable number of advanced representatives from OCHA, WHO, WFP, IFRC, and other UN agencies who briefed their respective activities and also the challenges they have already been facing in accessing the humanitarian conditions and providing services to the affected people through the COVID 19 pandemic.
