UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27 (IPS) – In his first main deal with on the United Nations, the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh’s interim authorities, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, appealed to the worldwide group to have interaction with a ‘new Bangladesh’ within the shared efforts to cooperate on world points.
Yunus arrived earlier within the week to attend the 79th United Nations Common Meeting (UNGA) in New York. Within the 4 days he was right here, Yunus held conferences with a spread of world leaders, notably UN Secretary-Common António Guterres and US President Joe Biden. This might point out there’s good assist for him and what he represents. On Friday, Yunus addressed the Common Meeting, talking in his native language, Bangla.
“I stand on this parliament of countries due to an epochal transformation that Bangladesh witnessed this July and August,” mentioned Yunus. “The ‘energy of the bizarre individuals’, particularly our youth, offered to our nation a possibility to overtake a lot of our techniques and establishments.”
Bangladesh is presently in a interval of great transition for the reason that anti-government protests broke out in July earlier this 12 months, which led to the ousting of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The protest motion started with calls for presidency reform earlier than it remodeled right into a wider motion that spoke out towards the federal government’s retaliatory techniques and deeper corruption inside the administration and legislation enforcement.
Shortly after Hasina’s departure on August 5, it was introduced that an interim authorities could be instated with an agenda to implement sweeping reforms on legislation enforcement and authorities administration, amongst different issues. Yunus obtained an invite from the protest motion to move the interim authorities due to his decades-long profession in economics and civil society, his distinction as a Nobel laureate, and his recognition by the worldwide group. He took workplace in Dhaka on September 12, 2024.
Yunus remarked that the brand new authorities could be dedicated to selling and defending basic rights and making certain good governance throughout all sectors. Since its formation, this new authorities, Yunus mentioned, has already launched unbiased commissions into the electoral course of, the judicial system and the authorized sectors.
“I want to guarantee that our authorities shall adhere to all worldwide, regional and bilateral devices that Bangladesh is celebration to. Bangladesh will proceed to stay an energetic proponent of multilateralism, with the UN on the core,” he mentioned.
Because the unrest in Bangladesh unfolded over a number of weeks, the United Nations provided to assist Bangladesh in its efforts in the direction of reform and to hunt accountability and justice for the lives impacted through the protests.
Notably, UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk deployed a staff on a fact-finding mission to Bangladesh to research human rights violations that occurred over the protest motion in July, for which Yunus provided his gratitude.
This 12 months marks 50 years of Bangladesh as a member of the United Nations. Yunus remarked on Bangladesh’s involvement with the UN by means of its work with the peacekeeping forces. Bangladesh is the third-largest contributor of peacekeepers among the many member states. Yunus additionally famous the Tradition of Peace decision handed by the Common Meeting in 20021 and the Microcredit Decision in 1999.
In his deal with, Yunus additionally referred to the continuing Rohingya refugee disaster, the place Bangladesh has hosted over 1.2 million refugees over seven years. He referred to as for the continued assist from the worldwide group on humanitarian operations for the refugee group, including that the group and Bangladesh would wish to work collectively to make sure the “dignified and sustainable return” to the Rakhine State in Myanmar.
Yunus referred to as for brand spanking new types of collaboration between all stakeholders. He famous that this might be achieved by means of international locations uniting and sharing sources and capability to “leverage collective power.”
“Time calls for new attitudes, new values, new compact(s), throughout communities and international locations, throughout developed and growing international locations alike, throughout all actors and stakeholders,” he mentioned.
Yunus additionally famous that by means of cooperation, growing international locations similar to these within the International South had been empowered to work in the direction of modern options. “It’s also a rising necessity for the worldwide South to make our voices heard. In shaping and steering the worldwide agenda, the worldwide South deserves equal house and focus,” he famous.
Yunus concluded his deal with, reiterating his name for the world to pool its sources and options in working collectively to handle the complicated and interconnected points the world should deal with, and in doing so, to uphold the rights and dignities of all individuals.
“Allow us to work collectively to finish all types of inequality and discrimination, inside and amongst nations, particularly in advancing the proposition of social enterprise in our financial interactions.”
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