Foreign minister to meet UN chief marking Int’l Day of UN Peacekeepers in New York

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud will attend the UN programme in New York marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Thursday (May 30).

He will also join a function to be jointly hosted by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations and Austria, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today.

After attending the fourth International Conference on “Small Island Developing States: Charting the Course toward Resilient Prosperity” in Antigua and Barbuda, he will be paying a three-day visit to the USA.

During his three-day visit to New York, the foreign minister will have meetings with Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, the Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Myanmar, the President of the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations.

He will address the ambassadors of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation-OIC countries on the Rohingya situation in New York.

Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York, Mohammad Abdul Muhith, Director General of the North American Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Khandaker Masudul Alam, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mir Akram Uddin Ahmad, are participating as members of the country’s delegation in the SEEDS conference and a busy visit to New York.

Bangladesh is one of the largest contributors to peacekeeping operations. Since 1988, 188,558 Bangladeshi peacekeepers have participated in 63 UN missions in over 40 countries.

Bangladesh Army has served in 43 missions worldwide, with over 6,000 peacekeepers currently deployed.