Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s Rabab Fatima appointed UN under-secretary general

DHAKA, 11 June 2022, (TON): UN secretary general António Guterres has appointed Bangladesh permanent representative to the UN Rabab Fatima as high representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states.

According to the press release in Dhaka “through the appointment made, a female diplomat from the Bangladesh Foreign Service, for the first time, has been made UN under secretary general.”

It added “Fatima will also be the highest ranking person in the UN as a Bangladeshi citizen.”

Bangladesh mission in the UN said “her appointment is a reflection of Bangladesh’s close participation in the international arena and the acceptance of Bangladeshi professional diplomats.”

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