76th UNGA session: Bangladesh elected vice-president
Bangladesh features been elected vice-president of the upcoming 76th session of the US Basic Assembly (UNGA) from the Asia-Pacific Region for a good one-year term beginning September this year.
The election was held at the UNGA Monday where Bangladesh was elected unanimously.
Along with Bangladesh, Kuwait, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Philippines were likewise elected as vice-presidents from the Asia-Pacific.
Bangladesh last served due to vice-president through the 71st session of the UNGA found in 2016-2017.
Following the election, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima said: "Bangladesh is a flag bearer of multilateralism and believes in the leadership of the UN in addressing the complex challenges facing the existing world."
"The united states maintains principled and constructive position in various global discourses in neuro-scientific expansion, peace and security and individual rights. Today's election demonstrates the trust reposed by the foreign community in Bangladesh at the multilateral fora" she added.
On the other hand, Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid was elected president of the same program of the UNGA.
The 76th session of the UN general assembly will be of particular significance as the world recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic and its multidimensional impacts, said the Bangladesh Objective at the UN Tuesday.
The UNGA includes all of the 193 member states and serves as the primary deliberative, policy-producing, and representative organ of the UN for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the UN Charter. The UN organ meets under its president in gross annual sessions, which generally starts from September at headquarters in New York.
