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পবিত্র ঈদ-উল-ফিতর উপলক্ষে মান্যবর রাষ্ট্রদূত ও স্থায়ী প্রতিনিধি’র বাণী

                                                                                      বাণী পবিত্র ঈদ-উল-ফিতর উপলক্ষে আমি নিউইয়র্কসহ যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে বসবাসরত সকল প্রবাসী বাংলাদেশী ভাই-বোনকে …

পবিত্র ঈদ-উল-ফিতর উপলক্ষে মান্যবর রাষ্ট্রদূত ও স্থায়ী প্রতিনিধি’র বাণী Read More »

Bangladesh strongly condemns Israeli violence

Bangladesh strongly condemns the attacks of terrorist nature and violence unleashed on the innocent devotees and civilians at Al Aksa mosque compound , the evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood and transfer of civilian population into occupied territories by the occupying Israeli forces which exposes the severe violation of Humanitarian norms , …

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Sufficient and sustained peacekeeping budget is critical for the peacekeeping missions to carry out the diverse mandates –Ambassador Rabab Fatima

New York, 03 May 2021: Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima stressed on the importance of adequate funding of the UN peacekeeping missions. Ambassador Fatima was speaking at the UN peacekeeping budget session in the UN headquarters, New York.  She had mentioned that sufficient and sustained peacekeeping budget was critical …

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Bangladesh introduces first ever UN resolution on “Global Drowning Prevention.” 25 July proclaimed as World Drowning Prevention Day

New York, 28 April 2021:  The United Nations General Assembly adopted unanimously a historic resolution on drowning prevention today. The Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN, Ambassador Rabab Fatima introduced the first ever one-off UNGA resolution on “Global Drowning Prevention” which acknowledges the ‘silent epidemic’ for the first time in UN’s 75-year history. Co-led …

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Bangladesh elected to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Executive Boards of UNICEF & UN Women

New York, 20 April 2021: Bangladesh has been elected a member of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three-year term beginning from January 2022. The election was held at the ECOSOC Management meeting today. Along with Bangladesh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic …

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জাতিসংঘে বাংলাদেশ স্থায়ী মিশনে ঐতিহাসিক ‘মুজিবনগর দিবস’ উদযাপন

নিউইয়র্ক, ১৭ এপ্রিল ২০২১ আজ জাতিসংঘে বাংলাদেশ স্থায়ী মিশনে ঐতিহাসিক ‘মুজিবনগর দিবস’উদযাপন করা হয়। কোভিড পরিস্থিতির কারণে ভার্চুয়ালভাবে অনুষ্ঠানটির আয়োজন করা হয়। অনুষ্ঠানের শুরুতেই মুজিবনগর সরকারের রাষ্ট্রপতি, সর্বকালের সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ বাঙালি, জাতির পিতা বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান,   উপ-রাষ্ট্রপতি সৈয়দ নজরুল ইসলাম ও প্রধানমন্ত্রী তাজউদ্দিন আহমেদসহ এ সরকারের প্রয়াত সকল সদস্য, জাতীয় চার নেতা এবং মহান মুক্তিযুদ্ধের …

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Ambassador Rabab Fatima stresses mitigating gaps of ICT, health, and education at the ECOSOC FFD Forum

New York, 13 April 2021:       Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Ambassador Rabab Fatima said today, “The lack of infrastructure, especially in the areas of ICT, health, and education was acutely felt during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it should be our urgent priority to build adequate infrastructure in all these areas.” She was …

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World Autism Awareness Day 2021 observed in the UN

New York, 06 April, 2021: On the occasion World Autism Awareness Day 2021, Bangladesh Permanent Mission, along with the Permanent Missions of Brazil, Kuwait, Poland, Qatar and Korea, UN DESA and Autism Speaks organized a virtual roundtable titled ‘Autism at the Covid-19 Pandemic: How Technology Can Support Equitable Global Response and Recovery’. Ms. Saima Wazed, …

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Statement by Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Parament Representative of Bangladesh to the UN at the High-Level Panel on COVID 19

30 March 2021 Thank you, Madame Chair, for your excellent leadership in this difficult time.  I also thank the panelists for their insightful remarks. This has been a very rich discussion. Let me begin by paying my condolences for the sad loss of the elderly people to theCOVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the impact of the pandemic …

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Permanent Mission celebrates Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh’s Independence with the International Community

New York, 26th March 2021:  ‘Bangladesh has made tremendous strides over the past five decades and has become a development miracle’- said the representatives of the UN and the member states during the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of its independence. The celebration was organized by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations …

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