Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday raised the issue of “inaccurate” and “inconsistent” statements made by the UN human rights office on Bangladesh with UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Gwyn Lewis. “They get information from the biased and wrong sources. We discussed the issue so that it does not happen,” he told reporters after his meeting with the UN Resident Coordinator (UNRC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Not a good time for Rohingya repatriation, UN Resident Coordinator says The foreign minister said the events that unfolded since October 28 and BNP’s arson attacks and killing people did not feature in the reports made by Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). “I told her about this. She said she is looking into it,” Hasan, also Bangladesh Awami League joint general secretary said. The foreign minister also referred to UN Secretary General’s letter of congratulations to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his meeting with the UN chief in Uganda recently. China working with Myanmar on ceasefire in Rakhine: Ambassador Yao United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for championing a number of UN-led global processes and commended her leadership. During the meeting with FM Hasan, the secretary general congratulated Hasina and appreciated Bangladesh's vital role in the call for reforming global financial architecture. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, earlier, said unfortunately, the OHCHR may have fallen for BNP’s misinformation campaign. Bangladesh Air Force chief departs for Morocco The government expects that the OHCHR will rectify its 31-October press briefing note based on facts. If the OHCHR's statements are not highly objective, the Office will lose people's support, acceptability and credibility, the ministry said.

UN's top human rights official Michelle Bachelet has called for transparent investigation into the death in custody of a writer in Bangladesh and review of the Digital Security Act, under which he was charged.

The Government of Myanmar should embrace upcoming national elections, scheduled for November, as an opportunity to take a new and fully inclusive democratic path, and to address the root of causes of abuses suffered by ethnic minorities, a UN human rights office (OHCHR) has urged.