In mid-March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited the Rohingya refugee camps during the holy month of Ramadan. He described the cuts in humanitarian aid by the US and European countries as “a crime”.24 At the same time, WFP warned that one million people in Myanmar would be cut off from lifesaving food assistance from April, due to a $60 million shortfall for its food assistance programme. WFP stressed that the cuts would impact internally displaced people in central Rakhine who have zero access to food without WFP assistance, including Rohingya communities confined to camps.25 Following the UN Secretary-General’s visit, UN agencies issued a fresh joint appeal for all countries to support displaced Rohingya and host communities.26 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to hold a high-level conference on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar on 30 September 2025 and set out objectives for the conference.27 By the end of March, the US agreed to provide $73 million in new financial aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh through WFP, overturning the need for ration cuts.28 However, USAID funding cuts to other services in the refugee camps still stand. At the time of writing, WFP has stopped its provision of food rations to Rohingya IDPs in central Rakhine State. The devastating consequences are described in detail below. During his visit to the Rohingya refugee camps, UN Secretary-General Guterres supported calls for a humanitarian aid corridor from Bangladesh to Myanmar, as well as dialogue with the Arakan Army.29 BROUK has been calling for Guterres to visit Bangladesh and facilitate these two key demands since May 2024.30 The Bangladeshi government is reported to have engaged with the Arakan Army and the junta and supports a UN-led humanitarian aid corridor ‘in principle’, provided that certain conditions are met.31 However, the Bangladeshi government has been met with political backlash over security concerns and at the time of writing, the status of negotiations is unclear.32 24 AP, ‘UN chief describes aid cuts as ‘a crime’ during visit to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh’ (14 March 2025) available at <https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-un-rohingya-aid-cuts-guterres-da910b9c3de518a0817008c1c8039a99> accessed 15 May 2025. 25 WFP, ‘WFP warns one million in Myanmar to be cut off from food aid amid funding shortfall’ (14 March 2025) available at <https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-warns-one-million-myanmar-be-cut-food-aid-amid-funding-shortfall#> accessed 18 May 2025. 26 UN News, ‘‘Don’t cut the aid’: Insecurity worsens for stateless Rohingya, says UNHCR’s Grandi’ (24 March 2025) available at <https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161446> accessed 15 May 2025. 27 The objectives in full are ‘mobilize political support, sustain international attention on the crisis, review the overall crisis and address its root causes, including human rights issues, and share perspectives on the situation on the ground, including challenges faced by Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar, as well as humanitarian issues within Myanmar and the region, in order to propose a comprehensive, innovative and concrete plan for a sustainable resolution of the crisis, including efforts to create a conducive environment for the voluntary, safe, sustainable and dignified return of Rohingya Muslims and other members of minority groups to Myanmar in a timely manner’. UNGA, ‘Scope, modalities, format and organization of the High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar’ (27 March 2025) UNDOC ref A/RES/79/278 3[2]. 28 AP, ‘Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh welcome $73 million in new U.S. financial aid’ (28 March 2025) available at <https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-rohingya-aid-myanmar-8c3f2a916b49d103ce7364c812d1d157> accessed 15 May 2025. 29 AFP, ‘UN considering humanitarian channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar’ (15 March 2025) available at <https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250315-un-considering-humanitarian-channel-from-bangladesh-to-myanmar> accessed 16 May 2025. 30 BROUK, ‘200,000 Newly Displaced Rohingya Need Urgent Humanitarian Aid’ (30 May 2024) available at <https://brouk.org.uk/200000-newly-displaced-rohingya-need-urgent-humanitarian-aid/> accessed 16 May 2025. 31 Prothomalo, ‘Bangladesh decides to provide ‘humanitarian corridor’ to Rakhine, discussion with UN on conditions’ (29 April 2025) available at <https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/263647/rohingya-crisis-bangladesh-engages-with-partiesin-rakhine-unhcr>; New Age, ‘ROHINGYA CRISIS: Bangladesh engages with parties in Rakhine: UNHCR’ (29 April 2025) available at <https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/263647/rohingya-crisis-bangladesh-engages-with-parties-inrakhine-unhcr> accessed 16 May 2025. 32 Myanmar Now, ‘Bangladesh backs UN aid corridor proposal to troubled Myanmar’ (30 April 2025) available at <https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/bangladesh-backs-un-aid-corridor-proposal-to-troubled-myanmar/>, accessed 16 May 2025. 7