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The President of the United States of America Donald Trump has called on the United Nations Security Council to take "strong and swift action" to bring the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to a halt.

This message from Trump was conveyed by his Vice President Mike Pence who spoke during a Security Council meeting on peacekeeping reform.

Pence also accused the Myanmar military of highhandedness against civilians and responding to the attack on government outposts "with terrible savagery, burning villages, driving the Rohingya from their homes".

This statement from the U.S. Presidency comes less than 48 hours after the Prime Minister of Bangladesh accused U.S. President Donald Trump of not willing to help in the Rohingya crisis.

"President Trump and I also call on the Security Council of the United Nations to take strong and swift action to bring this crisis to an end and bring hope and help to the Rohingya people in their hour of need," he told the 15-member council.

"Unless this violence is stopped, which justice demands, it will only get worse. And it will sow seeds of hatred and chaos that may well consume the region for generations to come and threaten the peace of us all," Pence said.

French President Emmanuel Macron earlier Wednesday described the military's campaign as "genocide".

Myanmar's second Vice President Henry Van Thio addressed the annual UN General Assembly in place of leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who a day earlier delivered a speech calling for patience.    

"I am happy to inform you that the situation has improved," Van Thio said in his address, saying there have been no clashes since September 5.    

"Accordingly, we are concerned by reports that the numbers of Muslims crossing into Bangladesh remain unabated. We would need to find out the reason for this exodus," he said.