Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- "What I think is to recognise that there is a collective failure to influence Myanmar. That's not just the UN, it includes many others as well," the resident coordinator said at the 'DCAB Talk' on Wednesday in Dhaka.

The Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) organised the event with its President Raheed Ejaz and General Secretary Nurul Islam Hasib on the dais along with the UN chief.

Seppo highlighted almost all aspects of UN's engagement with Bangladesh, but the Rohingya issue came out prominently in the question answer session.

Bangladesh is currently hosting more than 1.1 million Rohingyas. As many as 750,000 members of the Muslim minority group in Myanmar's Rakhine state fled 'ethnic cleansing' i...