UN & Bangladesh

• Bangladesh


  136th member of the United Nations
• Bangladesh has had a longstanding cooperative relationship with the United Nations
• Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Nation, attracted deep international attention through his speech in Bengali at the United Nations General Assembly


  September 25, 1974
• The temporary membership of the Security Council for the 1979-80 period was a result of trust from the global community for Bangladesh
• Since 1984, the use of the Bangla language in the UN's practices has become a matter of pride for us globally
• The former Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Humayun Rashid Choudhury, chaired the 42nd session of the UN General Assembly


  1986
• In Bangladesh, various residential and non-residential organizations of the United Nations are providing assistance in the socio-economic development of the country. Post the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) era in the early 21st century, the main focus of these organizations is to support or play a supportive role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by the year 2030.
• Liberation War in Bangladesh

  1971
• Liberation War in Bangladesh

  • Not just a struggle for freedom
  • A fight against injustice, oppression, and the establishment of fundamental human rights
• The United Nations first joined the Liberation War in Bangladesh to publicly condemn human rights violations
• During the historic non-cooperation movement, the leadership participating in the movement sent a message to the then Secretary-General of the United Nations, U-Thant, seeking support for the establishment of the right to self-determination of the people of the then East Pakistan


  March 1971
• At that time, they had a meeting with the representative of the United Nations Development Programme in Dhaka
• The genocide perpetrated against the people of Bangladesh in 1971 elicited a strong global reaction
• 1. Thant, the Secretary-General of the United Nations: 'Strongly condemned the genocide, referring to it as a 'blemished chapter in human history''
• The initiation of the relationship between Bangladesh and the United Nations

  Dates back to the Liberation War in 1971
• Formation of the government

  April 17, 1971
• To garner global support and recognition for the cause of the Liberation War of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu did:

  1. Sent a special delegation from the Mujibnagar government to the 26th session of the United Nations General Assembly

  2. Held a press conference at the United Nations Plaza in October 1971

  3. Statements of representatives from Bangladesh at the United Nations Assembly were included as an official document of the Security Council on December 4, 1971
• This marked the first occasion when the voice of the people of Bangladesh was presented directly through their representatives to the United Nations