Secretary-General

Secretary-General Visits Bangladesh

2 July 2018

Secretary-General António Guterres traveled to Bangladesh to highlight the continuing plight of nearly one million Rohingya refugees driven from their homes in Myanmar. While there he traveled to Cox's Bazar to visit Rohingya refugee communities and humanitarian workers, and to advocate for increased donor support. Mr. Guterres was joined on the trip by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, and Filippo UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Secretary-General Guterres (second from right) and Jim Yong Kim (behind him) meet with Rohingya refugees in the Kutupalong Transit Centre in Cox's Bazar.

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