UN has started extending support to reform commissions: resident coordinator

The UN has started extending different types of support to the different reform commissions constituted by the interim government to finalise reform proposals in different sectors of governance.

UN Resident Coordinator (UNRC) in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis apprised Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin as she called on him at the foreign ministry yesterday.

She stated that the UN was willing to share their expertise and best practices of other countries with the reform commissions.

Lewis requested for conducting stakeholder consultations across the country to finalize the reform proposals.

She emphasized holding a Bangladesh Development Forum meeting involving the development partners of Bangladesh and relevant government agencies for better understanding of the development partners about the priorities of the interim government.

At the meeting, issues concerning the cooperation of the UN agencies in Bangladesh, support of the UN towards the ongoing reform initiatives of the government including for the electoral process reform, and technical support of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for capacity building of the relevant government authorities were discussed.

Foreign secretary appreciated the UN for their support to the government's reform initiatives.

He reiterated the request of the chief adviser to the UN secretary general for organising an all-stakeholders' conference on Rohingya crisis with a view to finding innovative solution and showing resolve of the international community to a sustainable solution of the protracted Rohingya crisis.