PM urges world leaders to find common grounds for world peace
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged world leaders to find common grounds in the interest of mankind to end the ongoing global disorder to take forward the world towards peace and prosperity.
Terming the UN a unique platform to do so, she said, "Let us renew our resolve to create an organisation of enduring relevance," while addressing the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York last evening.
"We are all gathered here to serve our 'One Humanity'. Let us work through our differences, and find common grounds to make pragmatic changes we wish to see in the world around us," she said.
In our globalised world, there are challenges. But, there are also potential opportunities and benefits for all, only if we know how to manage it right," Sheikh Hasina said.
Reiterating Bangladesh's firm commitment to the global peace she said, "Bangladesh will carry on promoting a Culture of Peace at the heart of the UN's agenda."
She quoted from the speech of Bangladesh's Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman given at UN General Assembly in 1974 when Bangabandhu said, "Bangladesh's total commitment to peace was born of the realisation that only an environment of peace would enable us to mobilise and concentrate all our energies and resources in combating the scourges of poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy and unemployment."
Like previous years, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina delivered her speech in Bangla, following Father of the Nation who had given a speech in the UNGA in his mother language as the founder President of the newborn country in 1974.
"We shall uphold our contribution to peacekeeping and peacebuilding. Our decision to set up a Peace Building Centre in Dhaka will allow us to share our experiences with other countries emerging from conflicts," Sheikh Hasina said.
In this regard, the prime minister pointed out her government's firm stance to ensure accountability and justice, saying Bangladesh will remain vocal about recognising the role of national judicial processes in ensuring accountability and justice for mass atrocities.