UN Organ or Entity: Second Committee

Madam Moderator, Distinguished panelists, Thank you for your insightful presentations on policy options about coping with the impacts of cascading crises and investing in SDGs. I have just one question about domestic resources mobilization in the developing countries, particularly in the least developed countries. Most panelists today highlighted the importance of domestic resources mobilization for …

Intervention of Mr. Md. Faruk Hossain, Minister, Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN at the Panel discussion-1 titled Coping with cascading crises and investing in sustainable development: How to make the right policy choices? 2023 ECOSOC FFD Forum, 17 April 2023, UNHQs Read More »

Madam Chair, I would like to thank you and the members of the Bureau for your hard work in conducting this session. Bangladesh aligns itself with the statements delivered by Cuba on behalf of the Group of G77 and China and Nepal on behalf of the LDC group.   Madam Chair, Education is not only …

Statement by H. E. Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations at the general debate of the 56th session of Commission on Population and Development, New York, 10 April 2023, UNHQs   Read More »

Mr. Chair, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates. Let me join others in warmly congratulating Nepal for taking up the chairmanship of the LDC Group. Your remarks today, Mr. Chair, as the Permanent Representative of Nepal, assures us of Nepal’s deep commitment to the Group and gives us the confidence that the Group would be ably led in …

Statement by Md Faruk Hossain, Minister, Bangladesh to the UN in New York at the handover ceremony of the chairmanship of the LDC Group, CR11, UNHQ, 05 April 2023 Read More »

I thank you, Madam President. I warmly congratulate you and other members of the Bureau on your election. Madam Executive Director, I thank you for sharing your vision; and I am happy to see that we share many of your priorities, especially for children in difficult situation, and those left furthest behind. We commend the …

Statement of H.E. Mr. Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations at the First Regular Session of the UNICEF Executive Board, 2023,, 7 February 2023 Read More »

Thank you, Madam President. I warmly congratulate you and other members of the Bureau on your election. At the outset, we express our deep and heartfelt condolences for the people of Türkiye and Syria for loss of thousands of lives –including of scores of children and property caused by devastating earthquake. We appreciate the emergency …

Statement of H.E. Mr. Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations at the First Regular Session of the UNICEF Executive Board, 2023, 7 February 2023, UNHQs Read More »

Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important preparatory meeting of the UN Conference on Water. Bangladesh commends the leadership of the two co-hosts, the Kingdom of Netherlands and the Republic of Tajikistan, for guiding the process thus far and sharing the five proposed themes for our consideration. Mr. President, We support these themes as …

Statement by Mr. Md. Faruk Hossain, Minister, Bangladesh Permanent Missions to the United Nations at the preparatory meeting of the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, 25 October 2022 Read More »

I thank you, Madam Chair, for giving me the floor. Madam Chair, The New Urban Agenda is an important accelerator of the decade of action and a critical enabler for achieving sustainable development goal 11 on ‘sustainable cities and communities.’ Six years have passed since the adoption of the New Urban Agenda, but its implementation …

Statement by H.E. Mr. Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN at the General Discussion on Item 19: Follow-up to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) & Item 23: (b) South-South cooperation for development, Thursday, 14 October 2022, 10 am to 1 pm, UN Headquarters, CR-2 Read More »

Mr. Chair, I thank you for giving me the floor. I also thank the Secretariat for introducing the report of the Secretary-General on estimates in respect of special political missions. My heartfelt thanks also go to Mr. Abdallah Bachar Bong, Chair of the ACABQ for introducing the ACABQ’s report on this issue.   Mr. Chair, …

Statement by H.E. Mr. Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh at the Fifth Committee, Agenda Item 138: Proposed programme budget 2023, Special Political Missions, 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, 14 October 2022, Conference Room 3 Read More »