{"id":2059,"date":"2014-06-20T09:56:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T09:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=2059"},"modified":"2014-06-20T09:56:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T09:56:03","slug":"president-abdul-hamid-meets-ban-ki-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/president-abdul-hamid-meets-ban-ki-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"President Abdul Hamid meets Ban Ki-moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/UN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2060\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/UN.jpg\" alt=\"UN\" width=\"475\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/UN.jpg 600w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/UN-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a>President Abdul Hamid on Thursday held a meeting with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at UN headquarters.\u00a0 During the meeting they discussed various issues related to Bangladesh and the UN.<br \/>\nHamid said Bangladesh expects a better representation to \u2018command position\u2019 in UN peacekeeping missions as it is the highest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping activities.<br \/>\n\u201cIn line with our contributions and commitment to peacekeeping operations, we expect that Bangladesh to be better represented to command position at the field and senior staff level\u2013 both at civilian and uniform positions of the headquarters,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe President said Bangladesh greatly values UN Secretary General\u2019s continuous attention to development in Bangladesh.<br \/>\nBan Ki-moon appreciated the progress of Bangladesh in its different sectors, especially in the fields of poverty reduction, reproductive healthcare system and disaster management.<br \/>\nMentioning that he is going to arrange a climate summit at the UN soon, the UN Secretary General lauded the leading role of Bangladesh in raising voice at different international forums against the adverse effects of climate change.<br \/>\nSenior Secretary to the President\u2019s Office Sheikh Altaf Ali, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Dr AK Abdul Momen, Military Secretary to the President Major General Abul Hossain and Press Secretary to the President Ihsanul Karim were on Bangladesh side while UN Under Secretary General Ameerah Haq and high officials of the UN Secretariat on the UN side during the meeting.<br \/>\nLater, Bangladeshi-born UN Under Secretary-General Ameerah Haq meet President Abdul Hamid at his hotel suite.<br \/>\nDuring the meeting, they discussed various matters related to bilateral issues and mutual interests.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/president-abdul-hamid-meets-ban-ki-moon\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Abdul Hamid on Thursday held a meeting with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at UN headquarters.\u00a0 During the meeting they discussed various issues related to Bangladesh and the UN. 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