{"id":16035,"date":"2019-03-25T10:36:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T02:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=16035"},"modified":"2019-03-25T10:38:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T02:38:58","slug":"un-to-raise-1971-pakistani-genocide-in-intl-forum-adama-dieng-tells-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=16035","title":{"rendered":"UN to raise 1971 Pakistani genocide in int\u2019l forum, Adama Dieng tells PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PM-UN.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PM-UN.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption> <br>UN Under Secretary General and Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng meets Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on a courtesy call at Prime Minister&#8217;s office in Dhaka on Sunday, March 24, 2019. Photo courtesy BSS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DHAKA, March 25 (NNN-BSS) \u2013 The United Nations (UN) will raise the issue of Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh in 1971 in the international forum, visiting UN Under Secretary General and Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThough some countries may oppose, we will raise the issue of Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh during the liberation war in the international forum,\u201d he said while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office here Sunday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The premier recalled that the Pakistani occupation forces launched the genocide in Bangladesh on March 25 in 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver three million people were killed and two lakh mothers and sisters violated by the Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Rohingya&#8217;s issue, Adama Dieng described the Myanmar\u2019s atrocities on the Rohingyas as a genocide and renewed the UN\u2019s strong support to Bangladesh on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe perpetrators of the genocide must be brought to justice,\u201d Adama Dieng said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN under secretary general urged the international community to put more pressure on Myanmar to bring back its nationals from Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBangladesh cannot solve the (Rohingya) problem alone and the international community should mount more pressure on Myanmar to solve it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adama Dieng said the UN wants repatriation of the Rohingyas to their homeland of Rakhaine state, and a peaceful and inclusive society builds up there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN under secretary general highly praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for giving shelter to over one million Rohingyas in Bangladesh. \u201cYou\u2019ve opened the door widely for the Rohingyas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this connection, the prime minister said the Rohingyas outnumbered the local people of Cox\u2019s Bazar. \u201cAs a result, the local people are suffering a lot,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting various steps for the welfare of the Rohingyas, Sheikh Hasina said the government is developing an island named Bhashanchar for their temporary shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prime minister thanked the international community for extending their helping hand on the Rohingya issue. &#8212; NNN-BSS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHAKA, March 25 (NNN-BSS) \u2013 The United Nations (UN) will raise the issue of Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh in 1971 in the international forum, visiting UN Under Secretary General and Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng said. \u201cThough some countries may oppose, we will raise the issue of Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":16038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16035"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}