World would keep enough at a Donor Conference in geneva today also coming up japans Prime Minister pledges to get tough with north korea after a landslide election victory hes expected to reform the countrys because the fist constitution japans military take on a more muscular road in the region. And Catalan Leader a signal defines to spain theyve poured upon a mentee session for thursday with the possible vote on declaring independence this off to spain was to take direct control of the regions government. Hello and welcome im a touchy. We begin with what the United Nations is scored a textbook example of ethnic cleansing hundreds of thousands approaching a muslim facing both violence in myanmar have fled into neighboring bangladesh a steady stream of refugees has been crossing the border daily and bombed out there is in dire need of help to cope or un doing a conference is kicked off in geneva looking for pledges of financially its a good look at the scale of this crisis now nearly s
Senator compareder in the United States was the last senator gardner the United States was the last standing. It was hurting our interest. It was hurting the ability of this elected government to have a good start in addressing the problems that had been ignored by 50 years of military authoritarian repressive rule. It does not mean burma had reached perfection. Mr. Murphy we knew this would be bumpy. We knew there would be challenges. We had to look at the tools available to us to encourage behavior change and proper actions. Proper actions are required by all in the International Community, including china. We would hope as a member of the Security Council china could join us in recognizing the militarys disproportionate response has exacerbated these problems, and china needs to work with others on the Security Council to understand that the instability thats being created could affect the neighborhood, including chinas own interest. Senator gardner has china publicly condemned the
Want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Its very timely. In 2009 the Obama Administration shifted the direction of u. S. burma policy. Taking a leap of faith that an approach combining engagement and pressure would help usher in democratic reform where sanctions alone had failed. Although many were skeptical burmas 2010 elections brought an opportunity to test a more proactive engagement approach. And in the ensuing years the United States worked to balance engagement with military and the democratic grass roots movement. Undoubtably this had a positi positivefect on the burmas democratic reforms including the 2015 election. And while the 2015 election was historic, burmas democratic transition has been a work in progress. Along with its complex, ethnic and cultural history, the Burmese Military continues to control key ministries in large swaths of the economy. Which is why there was some concern in 2016 when the obumau administration unilaterally rolled back most of t
Thank you very much indeed. Thank you for coming, everybody. We have had an encouraging member with members of state and a range of organizations where we have laid out the situation on the ground in bangladesh and asked for help from the international community, reinforcing the generosity and the hospitality and the extraordinary welcome bangladesh offered to nearly 600,000 Rohingya Refugees who fled from myanmar since the 25th of august. On the basis of what we have heard this morning. Against the 434 million that we put out in the Response Plan some weeks ago, we now have pledges of 340 million. So were very encouraged by that. In addition, several donors have committed more than 50 million in in kind assistance to bangladesh and myanmar. We know some of our do nnors ar still working on pledges, so were confidence that beyond what i have said there will be more support to come. We are also encouraged by the work being done by the World Bank Working extremely closely with unhcr for t
Refugees fleeing violence in myanmar. Theyve called the crisis a quote, textbook example of ethnic cleansing. This u. N. Briefing from monday is a half hour. Thank you very much, indeed, thank you for coming, everybody. Weve had an encouraging morning with Member States and range of organizations where weve laid out the situation on the grounds in bangladesh and asked for help from the international community, reinforcing the generosity and the hospitality and the extraordinarily welcome, bangladesh offered nearly 600,000 Rohingya Refugees who fled from myanmar since august. On the basis of what weve heard this morning, our assessment is against the 434 million that we put out in the Response Plan some weeks ago. We now have pledges of 340 million. So, were very encouraged by that. In addition, several donors have committed more than 50 million in kind assistance to bangladesh and myanmar. We know that some of our donors are working on pledges. And there will be more support to come. W