The United Nations (UN) has found that as many as 669 children have been killed and another 39 maimed in the last 14 months in Myanmar.

A report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, published on Friday (Nov 16), also found that most of these children were Rohingyas.

 “These findings are in line with what other UN bodies have found, confirming killing, maiming, and rape,” UN Secretary‑General’s Spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York on Friday during a routine press briefing.

Referring to the reports finding from last 14-month reporting, Dujarric said, boys and girls in Myanmar have suffered patterns of grave violations following the start of the crisis in northern Rakhine in August of last year.

He said Myanmar's armed forces have already been listed on the Secretary‑General's Annual Report from last year.

In response to a question on the Rohingya crisis, he said the UN is continuing to provide as much humanitarian support as the organization can.

Praising Bangladesh’s role of hosting over nearly one million Rohingyas, who fled their homeland on the face of persecution, Dujarric said, "The Bangladeshis, I think, have been extremely generous in welcoming close to one million people since August 2017, which is truly a herculean effort."

Dujarric also said that Bangladeshis have welcomed Rohingyas in what is already an impoverished part of a country that is facing its own development challenges.

"Our principled stance that refugees should not be forcibly returned and should only return in dignity to their place of choosing continues," he added.

The spokesperson said, responding to another query, from their part, there is the fact‑finding mission put forward by the UN Human Rights Council, and as for the International Criminal Court, that is a question targeted to them.