UN official lauds Bangladesh's role

A visiting high-up of the United Nations (UN) yesterday lauded Bangladesh for its longstanding and robust support to UN's peacekeeping and peace-building efforts.
“Bangladesh is uniquely positioned as a leading global agent of peace and development, to deploy civilian experts and professionals for nation building activities under the UN to sustain peace in post-conflict countries,” said UN Assistant Secretary General and Special Adviser on Civilian Capacities Sarah Cliffe.
She made the remark when she called on Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at the latter's office in Dhaka.
Dipu Moni assured the UN official of Bangladesh's readiness to deploy civilian experts especially in the areas of social safety net, development, human rights and natural disaster risk reduction.
Sarah Cliffe, who was on a one-day visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of the foreign ministry, also addressed a workshop in the capital on civilian participation in UN peacekeeping operations.
Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes chaired the programme.