Kofi Anan Briefs Security Council on Rohingya in Rakhine
Channel: American Television News
Date: 2017-10-14

United Nations: Former Secretary General Kofi Annan told the UN Security Council that violence against Myanmar's Rohingya must stop and that all of the refugees who fled to Bangladesh must be allowed to return to live in dignity.

Speaking in his capacity as head of the advisory commission on Rakhine state which has been the scene ethnic strife pitting the country's Buddhist majority against the Rohingya Muslims, Annan said the international community must work with the civilian government and the military to address the root causes of the violence.

The long simmering tensions in Rakhine state reached a boiling point on Aug. 25 when insurgents attacked government security forces who responded with a violent crackdown on Rohingya villages forcing a mass exodus.

Michael Astor of American Television News reports from the Security Council at the United Nations.