UNSC to meet on Rohingya issue today

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to hold a 'closed-door' meeting on Wednesday (today) to discuss the deteriorating situation in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
As per request of Sweden and Britain, two influential members of the European Parliamentary Commission, the United Nations Security Council is going to hold this meeting.
The Security Council discussed the issue on August 30, but the World did not see any change in the bordering areas between Bangladesh and Myanmar.
"It's a sign of the significant worry that Security Council members have that the situation is continuing to deteriorate for many Rohingya  who are seeking to flee Rakhine state in Burma and move into Bangladesh," British UN Ambassador Matthew Rycroft told reporters on Monday.
"Pressure mounted on Myanmar on Tuesday to end violence that has sent more than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, with the United States calling for protection of civilians and Bangladesh urging safe zones to enable refugees to go home," a senior official of the Foreign Ministry told the Daily Observer.
In the August 30th meeting, the rights groups informally briefed Security Council diplomats on the Myanmar violence but Russia and China did not send any diplomats. Myanmar has said it is counting on China and Russia to protect it from any Security Council censure, western media reports said.
Overseeing the scenario, Sweden and Britain made the requests to the UN body On Monday.
"I think it will be a private meeting but with a public outcome of some form," British UN Ambassador Matthew Rycroft told reporters on Monday, British media reports.
Meanwhile, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has strongly condemned attacks on civilians and security forces in Myanmar's Rakhine State.
"Myanmar's security forces must end their attacks on civilians in Rakhine state, We call upon Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi to unequivocally condemn the atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state," according to USCIRF's Chairman Daniel Mark.
Foreign Ministry sources said that UN Human Rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has denounced the ongoing counter-offensive against Rohingyas branding it "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing" and "disproportionate" to attacks on security posts by insurgents.
Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara will raise the issue at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which is scheduled to begin at the UN Headquarters in New York from Tuesday.
Bangladesh parliament on Monday passed a resolution, urging the international community to mount pressure on Myanmar to resolve the crisis.
The White House in a statement on Monday urged the Myanmar security authorities to respect the rule of law, stop the violence and end the displacement of civilians from all communities.
The US said the violent displacement of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar showed the country's security forces were not protecting civilians.