Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organised a seminar titled ‘The Rohingya Crisis: Contemporary Security Dimensions and Future of Repatriation Process’ on Wednesday, 15 November 2023 at the BIISS auditorium. H E Ambassador Masud Bin Momen, Foreign Secretary (Senior Secretary), Ministry of Foreign A airs (MoFA), Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, graced the seminar as the Chief Guest. Ambassador A F M Gousal Azam Sarker, Chairman of BIISS, moderated the seminar as the session chair. The seminar started with the welcome address of the Director General of BIISS, Major General Sheikh Pasha Habib Uddin, OSP, SGP, BAMS, afwc, psc. Three presentations were delivered in the seminar. The rst presentation was delivered by Md Jahan Shoieb, Research Fellow, BIISS on ‘The Rohingya Crisis: An Overview’. The second presentation was made by Major General (Retd) Md Nayeem Ashfaque Chowdhury, SBP, OSP, SUP, psc on ‘The Rohingya Crisis: Contemporary Security Dimensions’. The third presentation was delivered by Professor Imtiaz A Hussain, Department of Global Studies and Governance, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), on ‘Rohingya Crisis: Future of Repatriation Process’. These were followed by an open discussion session. Thereafter, the Chief Guest, Ambassador Masud Bin Momen, Foreign Secretary (Senior Secretary), Ministry of Foreign A airs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, delivered his valuable speech. Finally, the session chair, Ambassador A F M Gousal Azam Sarker, delivered the concluding remarks. Senior o cials from di erent ministries, ambassadors, high commissioners, former diplomats, senior military o cials, media, researchers, academics, and students from various universities, representatives from di erent think tanks, international organisations, participated in the seminar and enriched it by presenting their valuable opinions, comments, suggestions, and observations during the open discussion session.
