Dhaka, Sept 17, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh Permanent Representative (PR) in Vienna Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith presented his credentials to the Executive Director of the UN Offices in Vienna (UNOV) and Director-General of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Fathi Waly at the UNOV Headquarters in Vienna, Austria on Wednesday.
Welcoming the Bangladesh envoy, Waly expressed her satisfaction at the increase of UNODC projects and activities in Bangladesh, especially in the areas of tackling transnational crime, countering drug problems and combating terrorism, a foreign ministry press release said here today.
She also discussed the current status and future plans for UNODC projects in Bangladesh, including the GLO.ACT (Global Action to Prevent and Address Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants) Initiative, Universal Family Skills programme, and proposed UNODC-UNHCR project on research on drug and crime matters.
The Director-General also appreciated Bangladesh’s remarkable socio-economic progress in recent times and assured the government of Bangladesh of UNODC’s support and cooperation in the days to come.
Ambassador Muhith said Bangladesh is committed to uphold multilateralism in order to find global solutions to the global problems like drugs, trafficking in persons, cybercrime and so on.
He briefed her about Bangladesh government’s zero-tolerance policy to terrorism and extremism under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The Ambassador also thanked the DG and staff members of UNODC for the growing support and cooperation extended to Bangladesh and expressed his sincere desire to expand Bangladesh’s engagement with the UNODC and other UN offices in Vienna in the coming years.