<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The United States will provide more than $116 million in additional humanitarian assistance to support vulnerable populations in Bangladesh, Myanmar and the region.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The aid includes more than $74 million to support Rohingya refugees and their host communities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With this new funding, the United States’ total assistance for those affected by the crisis in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and the region totals more than $2.2 billion since August 2017, when over 740,000 Rohingya fled genocide, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar’s Rakhine State for safety in Bangladesh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"This funding provides life-sustaining support to nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, many of them survivors of a campaign of genocide, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing, and 540,000 members of Bangladeshi communities that generously host Rohingya refugees," said Antony J. Blinken, US Secretary of State.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This assistance includes safe drinking water, health care, protection, education, shelter, and psychosocial support, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The United States recognizes the generosity of the government and people of Bangladesh and other Rohingya-hosting countries in the region and urges other donors to contribute to the humanitarian response in Bangladesh, increase support to those driven from and affected by violence in Myanmar, and work towards lasting solutions to the refugee crisis, Blinken said. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>