Bangladesh elected UNCTAD body chief
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh in Geneva, Monday was elected president of Trade and Development Board (TDB) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for one year, reports UNB.
Ambassador Dr Debapriya was unanimously elected by the 193 UN member states to this post, said a message received Monday.
As president of TDB, Dr Debapriya will lead UNCTAD in implementing the instructions and guidelines provided by Heads of States and Governments and the Ministers during the UNCTAD conference held in Accra, Ghana earlier this year.
He will also give leadership to inter-governmental and inter-agency dialogues on current issues of critical concerns in the areas of trade and development.
Dr Debapriya, who will represent UNCTAD Membership in all UN events, is the first Bangladeshi Ambassador to be elected to this post.
TDB is the highest policy making body after the quadrennial ministerial conferences of the UNCTAD, a Geneva-based organ of the UN General Assembly.
Ambassador Dr Debapriya was unanimously elected by the 193 UN member states to this post, said a message received Monday.
As president of TDB, Dr Debapriya will lead UNCTAD in implementing the instructions and guidelines provided by Heads of States and Governments and the Ministers during the UNCTAD conference held in Accra, Ghana earlier this year.
He will also give leadership to inter-governmental and inter-agency dialogues on current issues of critical concerns in the areas of trade and development.
Dr Debapriya, who will represent UNCTAD Membership in all UN events, is the first Bangladeshi Ambassador to be elected to this post.
TDB is the highest policy making body after the quadrennial ministerial conferences of the UNCTAD, a Geneva-based organ of the UN General Assembly.