Bangladesh will now represent the Asia-Pacific Group to Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for four years (2019-2023), Executive Board of UNICEF for three years (2019-2021) and Executive Board of UN Women for three years (2019-2021) as the country has won elections for these positions in the United Nations (UN).
The elections were held on Tuesday in New York at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN, foreign ministry says Wednesday.
In addition to Bangladesh, Malaysia has been elected as a member of CSW, India, Mongolia, Nepal and Saudi Arabia to the UN Women and Mongolia and Pakistan to the Executive Board of UNICEF.
Bangladesh attaches great importance to the work of ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies. CSW is the principal global inter-governmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
UN Women promotes women's empowerment and development, leadership, participation, and engagement in peace & security issues. UNICEF works for saving children's lives, defending their rights, and helping them fulfill their potential.
Executive Board of UN Women and Executive Board of UNICEF ensures that their operational activities and strategies are consistent with the overall policy and needs of the Member States and approves their administrative and financial budgets for implementing the programmes.
"Bangladesh's presence at these key bodies will help highlight our national priorities, address emerging issues and new approaches affecting us as well as other developing countries at UN", the statement added.
According to the foreign ministry, the country's efforts in these key bodies are also expected to contribute to garner international cooperation and partnership for Bangladesh in realising Sustainable Development Goals.
In the recent past, Bangladesh got elected in many international elections, most notable among them are, member to Executive Board of UNESCO (2017-2021), Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) (2017-2019), Deputy Member of International Labour Organisation (ILO) Governing Body (2017-2020) and Member of Executive Board of UN World Food Programme (WFP) (2016-2018).
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