Amid protests by supporters of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina outside the United Nations, Bangladesh’s interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus addressed the fourth day of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday.

The interim leader presented Bangladesh’s view on the need for a UN human rights commission on Gaza. “We do agree with the UN independent international inquiry commission that we are witnessing a genocide happening live,” he said. “Unfortunately, on behalf of humanity, we are not doing enough to stop it. If this continues, neither future generations nor history will forgive us.”

He further voiced alarm over Myanmar’s protracted crisis. “The ongoing conflict in our neighbouring country, Myanmar, has created a situation of deep concern for the entire region,” Yu

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