the united nations security council has gathered for an emergency meeting to discuss the worsening crisis in myanmar. while that meeting was going on, the un secretary—general antoniowas adding his voice to the debate over the hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims who've fled appalling violence. grievances that have been left to fester for decades have now escalated beyond myanmar‘s borders, destabilising the region. the humanitarian situation is catastrophic. when we met last week there was 125,000 rohingya refugees who had fled into bangladesh. that number has now tripled to almost 380,000. many are staying in makeshift settlements or with those communities who are generously sharing what they have. but women and children are arriving hungry and malnourished. i call on the myanmar authorities to suspend military action and violence, uphold the rule of law and recognise the right of return of all those who had to leave the country. is the un security council meets, myanmar‘s de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, has announced she will miss the un general assembly next week. myanmar government spokesperson said she would not attend because perhaps she would not at

general, antonio guterres, to visit myanmar. it comes after mr guterres told the un security council that violence against rohingya muslims has spiralled into the world's fastest growing refugee emergency. but the united nationss been accused of a series of failures. 0ur correspondentjonah fisher has seen internal un documents, outlining concerns about the handling of the rohingya conflict. this is his special report. in the months since rohingya muslims first began fleeing into bangladesh, the united nations has been at the forefront of the response. delivering aid and making robust statements, condemning the burmese authorities. the situation remains, or seems, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. but could, and should, the un have done more before the killing and burning started? really disturbing to think that some of this could have been prevented. this woman is a lawyer and aid worker. between 2013 and 2015 she ran the office of the top united nations official in myanmar. it was a stressful time. she says her boss was so afraid of upsetting the burmese government that any suggestion that they stand up for the rohingya's human rights was off—limits. even in internal meetings. we could do it but it wou

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