Bangladesh has been elected as a member of the United Nations Narcotics Commission (CND) for the next three years, and Bangladesh has been re-elected as a member of the Executive Board of UNICEF and UN Women, according to a press release of the Bangladesh Statue Mission to the United Nations on Tuesday.
According to the notification, the new council of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (EcoSoc) CND will take up the duality in January.
After the election was won, Bangladesh's permanent representative Ambassador Rabab Fatima told the media that the election of CND was very competitive. Bangladesh has received the second highest vote (43 votes). This is a manifestation of the international community's trust in the leadership of Bangladesh in the multilateral forum.
Mentioning that Bangladesh is coming with the highest importance towards the global drug problem, the notification also said that the Bangladesh national level has taken initiatives to stop drug smuggling and is working intensively with everyone involved at the regional and international levels.
The election of the ECOSCOS Management Sect and UN Women’s Executive Board has also been held in the UV Board as a member of Bangladesh. The new board will start operations from the next year’s January. Bangladesh is currently serving as a member of the two boards. The executive board is the main board of directors of the two important organizations of the United Nations.
