UN Organ or Entity: Plenary

Statement by H.E. Ambassadr Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations to introduce the resolution on Global Drowning Prevention, GA Hall, 28 April 2021

Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Colleagues, On behalf of Ireland and Bangladesh, [and 63  co-sponsors], I have the honour to introduce the first-ever draft UN resolution on Global Drowning Prevention. Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason and I, thank all delegations for their valuable contribution and support in finalizing the draft. This draft resolution is proposed under agenda …

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Statement by Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Parament Representative of Bangladesh to the UN at the High-Level Panel on COVID 19 and Older Persons, 30 March 2021 (virtual)  11th Session of the Working Group on Ageing

  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 the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the impact of the pandemic for …

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Statement by H. E. Sheikh Hasina, Hon’ble Prime Minister Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh at the High Level event on ‘International Debt Architecture and Liquidity’ on 29 March 2021

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Assalamu Alaikum and a very good afternoon. I am very happy to join you during the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Golden Jubilee of the independence of …

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Statement by Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations at the High-Level Meeting to commemorate the “International Day to Combat Islamophobia” on 17 March 2021,

Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Assalam -o-Alaikum.  Good morning to you all. I join others in thanking you, Amb. Abarry, for organizing today’s high-level event. I wish to thank the OIC membership and the OIC Secretary General for their efforts in raising awareness against Islamophobia. The decision of the 47th OIC CFM to observe the 15th of …

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Statement by Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations at the High-Level Meeting to commemorate the “International Day to Combat Islamophobia” on 17 March 2021, from 09:00 am to 11:00 am.

  Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Assalam -o-Alaikum.  Good morning to you all. I join others in thanking you, Amb. Abarry, for organizing today’s high-level event. I wish to thank the OIC membership and the OIC Secretary General for their efforts in raising awareness against Islamophobia. The decision of the 47th OIC CFM to observe the 15th …

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Statement by H.E. Ms. Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations at the briefing by Special Envoy of the Secretary General on the situation of Myanmar 26 February 2021, 10 am, General Assembly Hall

Mr. President, I thank you for convening today’s timely meeting and for your statement. My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia on behalf of OIC.  Allow me to add a few points in our national capacity as an affected country, to highlight the Rohingya situation: Let me …

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Draft concluding remarks by Her Excellency Permanent Representative and Co-Chair at the organisational session of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee for the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries New York, 8 February 2021

Excellencies Distinguished Members of the PrepCom Bureau Distinguished Delegates, we are almost at the end First of all, I thank you all. Allow me to share a few takeaways from today’s discussion before I hand over to my co-chair Ambassador Bob Rae. We were very happy to have with us the President of the General …

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Statement by Mr. Monwar Hossain, Deputy Permanent Representative at the organizational session of the Preparatory Committee for the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, New York, 8 February 2021 Agenda item 6. General Statement

Madam Chair, Bangladesh aligns itself with the statements made by the chairs of the G-77 and the LDCs. My delegation joins others in congratulating you and Ambassador Robert Rae of Canada on your elections as the Co-chairs of the Preparatory Committee Bureau for the Fifth UN Conference on LDCs. We also congratulate all other bureau …

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Opening Remarks by H.E. Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN at the organizational session of the Preparatory Committee for the 5th UN Conference on the LDCs on 8 February 2021

Excellencies We are meeting in the midst of uncertain times brought on by the gravest crisis in recent history. The Covid-19 pandemic has unleashed serious disruptions to the global health and economy. The pandemic has revealed the high vulnerability of LDCs against such shocks.   Job and income losses caused by the pandemic were totally unforeseen. …

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Statement delivered by H. E. Ms. Rabab Fatima, Ambassador & Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations on agenda item 11: “Report of the Secretary General on the work of the Organization” General Assembly Hall, 29 January 2021

Mr. President, I thank the Secretary General for his comprehensive briefing on his priorities, which we fully endorse.  We share his concerns regarding the pandemic’s impact on the Organization’s work and priorities, especially in the areas of peace and security, climate action, economic disruption, response to humanitarian crises, and upholding international law. We thank him …

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