Hon Gerry Brownlee Minister of Foreign Affairs 7
September 2017
NZ assistance for Myanmar
humanitarian crisis
New Zealand will contribute
$1.5 million for humanitarian assistance in response to the
crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Foreign Minister Gerry
Brownlee has announced.
The funding will be used by the
Red Cross Movement to help affected people in Myanmar and
across the border in Bangladesh.
“This support will
help meet critical the humanitarian needs, through providing
emergency food, water, healthcare and household items,” Mr
Brownlee says.
“The New Zealand government is very
concerned with the violence and humanitarian crisis in
Rakhine State.
“Whilst acknowledging the need to
restore law and order, we urge the Myanmar Government to
take all necessary steps to protect civilians and enable
humanitarian support to be delivered to all affected
communities,” Mr Brownlee says.
The escalating crisis in
Rakhine has seen tens of thousands of refugees cross into
Bangladesh, and another 20,000 are reported still stranded
along the
border.
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