Bangladesh, Red Cross pledge deeper partnership on humanitarian action

Nicolas Fleury, head of delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Bangladesh, met State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.

Nicolas Fleury appreciated Bangladesh’s continued cooperation and reaffirmed the ICRC’s readiness to further support international humanitarian law (IHL) capacity-building and humanitarian efforts in Bangladesh. He also expressed commitment to further consolidating the longstanding partnership between Bangladesh and the ICRC.

The state minister appreciated the ICRC’s longstanding humanitarian engagement in Bangladesh, particularly its contributions to the promotion of international humanitarian law (IHL), humanitarian assistance, disaster response, capacity-building and emergency support. He reaffirmed Bangladesh’s firm commitment to the Geneva Conventions and IHL and underscored the important role of the National IHL Committee.

The state minister further highlighted Bangladesh’s active contribution to promoting IHL globally, including as co-chair of the “IHL and Peace” workstream under the Global IHL Initiative. He also informed that the government is considering participation at an appropriate level in the “High-Level Conference on Humanity in War” to be held in Jordan in December 2026.

Discussing the situation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas, the state minister appreciated the ICRC’s humanitarian assistance to the Rohingyas and host communities in Cox’s Bazar. Reiterating the ICRC’s essential role in global humanitarian affairs and international humanitarian law, he urged the ICRC to further strengthen its advocacy for the early repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar.