Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- Bangladesh's interim government Chief Adviser on Tuesday issued a stark warning that the world is 'failing the Rohingya', calling on the international community to mount effective pressure on Myanmar to end persecution of the minority and begin their repatriation to Rakhine.

Speaking at the opening session of the High-Level Conference on the "Situation of the Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar" at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the Chief Adviser said that eight years after the 2017 campaign of violence that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh, the crisis shows little sign of resolution.

"Eight years since the genocide began, the plight of the Rohingya continues. Initiatives to...