Bangladesh elected CEDAW representative
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Ismat Jahan, the Bangladesh candidate for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), has been elected Bangladesh Representative securing the highest votes.
The election was held at the United Nations (UN) in New York Monday, according to a message received in Dhaka Tuesday, reports UNB.
Ismat Jahan, a former Permanent Representative to the UN and currently Bangladesh ambassador in Brussels, got 153 votes in the 185-member treaty body.
This is the highest number of votes secured by a candidate in the history of CEDAW elections.
Ismat Jahan will serve as a member of the committee for a four-year term (2011-2014).
Bangladesh is currently an elected member of 32 UN committees/commissions/bodies/caucuses, which is the highest in recorded history.
A total of 21 candidates contested for 12 seats in the election. Yoko Hayashi of Japan, with 143 votes secured the second highest place.
Ten other newly elected members of this Committee are from Turkey (132), Slovenia (130), Egypt (130), Switzerland (129) Paraguay (119), Croatia (118), Mauritius (114), Timor-Leste (113), Israel (103) and Algeria (96).
The election was held at the United Nations (UN) in New York Monday, according to a message received in Dhaka Tuesday, reports UNB.
Ismat Jahan, a former Permanent Representative to the UN and currently Bangladesh ambassador in Brussels, got 153 votes in the 185-member treaty body.
This is the highest number of votes secured by a candidate in the history of CEDAW elections.
Ismat Jahan will serve as a member of the committee for a four-year term (2011-2014).
Bangladesh is currently an elected member of 32 UN committees/commissions/bodies/caucuses, which is the highest in recorded history.
A total of 21 candidates contested for 12 seats in the election. Yoko Hayashi of Japan, with 143 votes secured the second highest place.
Ten other newly elected members of this Committee are from Turkey (132), Slovenia (130), Egypt (130), Switzerland (129) Paraguay (119), Croatia (118), Mauritius (114), Timor-Leste (113), Israel (103) and Algeria (96).