DHAKA, 06 December 2021, (TON): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the global community to use resources for universal and sustainable development, not for arms.

She said “at this critical juncture in the world, I urge people to use their resources to achieve universal sustainable development without spending resources on the arms races. Let’s take action and commit to universal peace.”

The prime minister was addressing the closing ceremony of the World Peace Conference at the Hotel InterContinental Dhaka, joining it virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban.

Dhaka hosted the two-day international conference on the occasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Golden Jubilee of the country’s Independence to promote a culture of peace and tolerance.

Sheikh Hasina said the coronavirus pandemic has plunged the entire world into a new crisis.

She said “this crisis has proven that not one of us is isolated. There’s no alternative to building an accountable-world order based on partnership to live peacefully in this world.”