UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27 (IPS) – In his first main speech on the United Nations, Dr Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the interim authorities of Bangladesh, referred to as on the worldwide group to work along with “New Bangladesh” to attain the targets of “New Bangladesh”.
Yunus arrived in New York earlier this week to attend the 79th United Nations Common Meeting (UNGA) in New York. Throughout his 4 days right here, Yunus met with various world leaders, notably UN Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres and US President Joe Biden. It reveals that he and what he stands for are properly supported. Yunus addressed the conference in his native Bengali on Friday.
“I’m able to stand on this worldwide parliament due to the epochal transformation that Bangladesh witnessed in July and August this 12 months,” Yunus stated. “The ‘energy of atypical individuals’, particularly the ability of our youth, has served our nation Offers a possibility to overtake a lot of our programs and establishments.”
Bangladesh is presently within the midst of a interval of main transformation since anti-government protests erupted earlier this 12 months and led to the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The protest motion started as a name for presidency reform and later advanced right into a broader motion talking out in opposition to the federal government’s retaliatory techniques and deeper corruption inside government and legislation enforcement companies.
Shortly after Hasina left workplace on August 5, she introduced that she would type an interim authorities, whose agenda contains complete reforms in issues similar to legislation enforcement and authorities administration. As a result of his decades-long profession in economics and civil society, his distinguished achievements as a Nobel Prize winner, and his recognition from the worldwide group, Yunus obtained an invite from the protest motion to function president of the interim authorities. He’ll assume workplace in Dhaka on September 12, 2024.
Yunus stated the brand new authorities can be dedicated to selling and defending basic rights and making certain good governance in all sectors. Yunus stated that since its institution, the brand new authorities has established unbiased commissions on the electoral course of, the judicial system and the authorized sector.
“I want to guarantee that our authorities will abide by all worldwide, regional and bilateral devices to which Bangladesh is a celebration. Bangladesh will proceed to actively help multilateralism with the United Nations at its core,” he stated.
As unrest in Bangladesh unfolds in weeks, the United Nations affords to help Bangladesh’s reform efforts and search accountability and justice for the lives affected throughout the protests.
Notably, UN Human Rights Commissioner Walker Türk despatched a crew to Bangladesh on a fact-finding mission to research human rights violations that occurred throughout the July protest motion, for which Yunus expressed gratitude.
This 12 months marks the fiftieth anniversary of Bangladesh’s membership within the United Nations. Yunus commented on Bangladesh’s participation within the United Nations via cooperation with peacekeeping forces. Bangladesh is the third largest contributor of peacekeeping troops amongst member states. Yunus additionally famous the Tradition of Peace Decision adopted by the United Nations Common Meeting in 2002 and the Microcredit Decision adopted in 1999.
In his speech, Yunus additionally talked about the continuing Rohingya refugee disaster, with Bangladesh internet hosting greater than 1.2 million refugees in seven years. He referred to as on the worldwide group to proceed supporting humanitarian operations by refugee communities, including that the refugee communities and Bangladesh wanted to work collectively to make sure the “dignified and sustainable return” of refugees to Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
Yunus referred to as for brand new types of cooperation amongst all stakeholders. He identified that this may be achieved by “leveraging collective energy” by nations uniting and sharing assets and capabilities.
“Time requires new attitudes, new values and new contracts throughout communities and nations, throughout developed and creating nations, throughout all actors and stakeholders,” he stated.
Yunus additionally identified that via cooperation, creating nations within the southern hemisphere can work laborious to search out revolutionary options. “It’s more and more essential for the International South to make our voices heard. The International South deserves equal area and a focus when setting and steering the worldwide agenda,” he famous.
Yunus concluded his speech by reiterating his name for the world to pool assets and options to work collectively to unravel the complicated and interconnected issues the world should clear up, and within the course of uphold the rights and dignity of all individuals.
“Allow us to work collectively to finish all types of inequality and discrimination inside and between nations, particularly by advancing the proposition of social enterprise in our financial interactions.”
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