Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday joined a high-level meeting on UN reforms hosted by Donald Trump when the US president urged the United Nations to improve the way it operates.
Heads of states and governments of 193 countries, who are in New York to attend the 72nd UN General Assembly session, joined the meeting held at the UN Headquarters.
In recent years, the United Nations “has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement,” Donald Trump said, calling on the UN to invest “more in people and less in bureaucracy”.
The meeting titled “Reforming the United Nations: Management, Security, and Development” was held as a way to give momentum to Secretary-General António Gutierrez’s efforts to adopt a declaration to bring greater efficiency, accountability and transparency in the UN.
As of yesterday, 128 nations signed the declaration, according to the UN.
Hasina is scheduled to attend another meeting on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and hold a bilateral meeting with her Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay today.
Later in the day, he PM would hold a meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and attend a follow-up meeting of Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth.
Source: The Daily Star