BD elected to UNESCO Executive Board
Friday, 17 November 2023
Bangladesh has been elected to the UNESCO Executive Board at a keenly contested election held during the 42nd General Conference in Paris, reports UNB.
This brings Bangladesh back to the board after two years for the term 2023-27.
This is the third contested election Bangladesh won at UNESCO in last one and a half years, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. Earlier, Bangladesh was elected at the Executive Council for Inter governmental Oceanographic Commission in June this year and at the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritages in July 2022.