UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that Rohingya Muslims are facing humanitarian disasters in Myanmar. Guterres said that the alleged attacks of security forces on the houses of Rohingya villagers can not be accepted in any way. They have appealed to stop military action from Myanmar.

The Myanmar army has denied the charge of targeting the common people and said that he is fighting extremists.

Since the violence launched in Myanmar last month, about 3,79,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed the boundary and have taken shelter in Bangladesh. Many of their villages have been burnt in the Rakhine province.

Rohingya Muslims are minorities in Buddhist-dominated Rakhine province. Myanmar considers them an illegal refugee. They have been living in Myanmar for many generations, but they have not got citizenship there.

The violence against Rohingya and the consequent refugee crisis is to meet the United Nations in a short time.

Myanmar officials say the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not be involved in an important discussion of the UN General Assembly scheduled for September 19. However, on this day she will address the country.

UN refugee agency says that the help of Rohingya refugees living in temporary camps in Bangladesh is inadequate.

Antonio Guterres has appealed for help from the international community. They said, "The number of Rohingya refugees coming from Bangladesh last week was one lakh 25 thousand. Now this number has tripled."

He said, "Many of them are living in temporary camps or with people helping, but women and children are reaching in hungry and undernourished condition."

When this crisis can be called the ethnic massacre, Guterres said, "One-third (Rohingya) population has to leave the country and run away. Can you use a better word for it? ''

The United Nations Secretary-General has also criticized the attacks of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, a fighting organization with the army, but he also said that the action of the army should also be stopped and those who have left their home should be allowed to return.

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