DHAKA, 24 May 2022, (TON): Prime minister Sheikh Hasina called for enhancing financial cooperation to improve regional crisis management as she placed five proposals to strengthen the regional  cooperation against the backdrop of the pandemic and Russia-Ukraine conflict.

She said “I would like to propose steps that ESCAP may take into account as the Russia-Ukraine war must be stopped immediately and joint actions are needed to tackle the situation.”

The prime minister said this in a video message broadcast in the seventy-eighth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific of the United Nations.

The session is being held in a hybrid modality from 23 to 27 May at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok and online on 75th anniversary of ESCAP.

Sheikh Hasina spelled out her suggestions, calling for requesting for International Support Measures to the graduating countries in a more pragmatic way along with enhancing regional financial cooperation to improve regional crisis management capacity.