Cox's Bazar Correspondent:

A special international conference is being held in Cox's Bazar to bring the Rohingya crisis back to the center of global discussion. The conference will run from August 24 to 26, where representatives from about 40 countries around the world will participate. The interim government's chief advisor, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, is coming to join it. He will arrive in Cox's Bazar on August 25, according to the chief advisor's office.

The interim government is viewing the Rohingya crisis not only as a humanitarian issue, but also as a question of regional security and global human rights, said Shafiqul Alam, the chief advisor's press secretary. He said in a briefing at the Foreign Service Academy on Bailey Road in the capital on Thursday (August 21) - "The government wants the Rohingya issue to be discussed anew in the international arena. That is why three large international conferences have been planned in a row."

Three-phase plan

1. Cox's Bazar Conference (August 24-26): The field-level reality and the situation in the refugee camps will be highlighted. 2. Conference at UN Headquarters (September 30): Representatives from around 170 countries are expected to attend. 3. Doha Conference in Qatar: Creating a platform for strategic dialogue with geopolitically influential countries in the Middle East
   The Cox's Bazar conference will present the Rohingya crisis, growing socio-economic pressure in the refugee camps, education and health problems, insecurity and opportunities for sustainable repatriation to Myanmar to the international community.
   A former official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that “the Rohingya issue was gradually moving away from the agenda of global diplomacy. The way the new government is planning a series of conferences to attract the attention of the international community is an indication of a strategic shift in political diplomacy.”
   Although the full list has not been officially released, diplomatic sources said that representatives from South Asia, Southeast Asia, the European Union, the United States and some important countries in the Middle East will be present at the Cox's Bazar conference. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and several human rights-based international NGOs are also expected to be represented.
   If this new initiative to attract international attention and create diplomatic pressure is successful, the Rohingya issue could return to the center of global discussion. The Cox's Bazar conference could therefore become an important milestone not only for the humanitarian crisis, but also for Bangladesh's diplomatic future.