PRESENTATIONS

ON UNITED
NATIONS AND
BANGLADESH
OUTLINE OF THE
PRESENTATION
a. United Nations– history, purpose, principles,
functions…
b. Relations with Bangladesh
c. United Nations in Bangladesh
A. THE UNITED NATIONS
It’s YOUR World
 HISTORY

 Created in 1945 in the end of World War II

 San Francisco Conference, 24 October: UN Charter enters into force
 Preamble: “We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from
the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind.”
 51 original members. 193 today --UN Headquarters New York
 Main Purposes

1. To maintain International Peace

and Security
2. To promote Economic and Social
Development
3. To promote Human Rights
 4. Developing friendly int’ relations
5. Providing Humanitarian aid in cases of
famine, natural disaster, armed
conflicts….
6. Solving int’ problems of any
nature ..economic, social, cultural
193 Member States
PRINCIPLES

 All member states have sovereign equality

 All Member States must obey the Charter
 Countries must try to settle their difference by peaceful means
 Countries must avoid using force or threating force
 The UN may not interfere in the domestic affairs of any country
 Countries should try to assist the United nations
 6 Main Organs
General Assembly
Security Council
Economic and Social Council
Trusteeship Council
Secretariat
International Court of Justice
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SECURITY COUNCIL
United Nations
The United Nations has its
Headquarters is in New
own flag, its own post
York City but the land and
office and its own postage
buildings are international
stamps.
territory.

The organization is Six official languages are

financed from assessed used at the United
and voluntary Nations, Arabic, Chinese,
contributions from its English, French, Russian
member states. and Spanish. T

The UN European
The senior officer of the
Headquarters is in the
United Nations Secretariat
Palais des Nations,
is the Secretary General.
Geneva, Switzerland.
SECRETARY
GENERAL:
ANTONIO
GUTERRES
(PORTUGAL)
PEACEKEEPING
ECOSOC
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
Q&A
 Bangladesh and
United Nations have
BANGLADESH a strong relation.
IN UNITED Bangladesh is one
NATIONS of the largest troop
contributing
countries in the
world.
Bangladesh established initial links with the UN during the period of War
of Liberation in 1971.
Besides being a war of liberation it was also a fight against violations of
basic human rights.
UN's involvement in Bangladesh's war of liberation was mainly in:
a. Taking stand against violation of human rights; and
b. Providing aid to the refugees.
United Nations started its relief activities in the then occupied Bangladesh.
On July 1971 United Nations East Pakistan Relief Operation (UNEPRO)
started and also emergence of Bangladesh
 Bangladesh formally joined the
United Nations as its 136th
BANGLADESH Member state on 17 September
IN UNITED 1974.
NATIONS After a week, on 24 September
1974, Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman gave a speech
in Bangla in the UN
 Since its entry as a member state, Bangladesh has been
playing significant role in the World Body.
 Itis involved in political, security, economic and social
spheres of the UN activities.
 Inpursuance of its national policy Bangladesh lays
emphasis on five key areas, namely development,
environment, democracy, human rights and
peacekeeping.

BANGLADESH IN UNITED NATIONS

Bangladesh also participated in all major UN
sponsored conferences, and the conference
held in 1990s under UN auspices are
considered to be important as they
succeeded in adopting Declarations and
plans of action by consensus

i.e.Universal declaration on human rights

Bangladesh has ratified or acceded to most of
the UN instruments such as conventions, treaties
and protocols. Of these some core conventions,
treaties and protocols that Bangladesh ratified or
acceded include: International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination, Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Discriminations against Women (CEDAW)
 Bangladesh was elected
as a member of the
prestigious Economic
and Social Council
(ECOSOC) for the term
2020-2022 from the Asia-
Pacific region by
securing 181 votes out of
191
 Bangladesh has made its deep commitment to
international peace and cooperation in many ways.
Bangladesh was inspired and synchronized the
adoption of the Declaration and Programme of
Action for a Culture of Peace in 1999 at the 54th
session of the UN General Assembly.

BANGLADESH IS ALSO A FOUNDING

MEMBER OF PEACE BUILDING
COMMISSION
 Peacekeeping operations

32 years back, Bangladesh assumed its responsibility to progress global peace and
security.

It started with 15 peacekeepers in UNIIMOG (United Nations Iran-Iraq Military

Observer Group) – which was a bold step for a young nation like Bangladesh.

Since then Bangladesh has not only escalated its troop contribution but equipped
the Peacekeepers to perform effectively and actively in challenging missions.
Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Force
• one of the largest contingent force of the United
Nations -- Second largest number of personal from
Asia. Bangladesh first sent its soldiers to peacekeeping
operations in 1988.
• 6359 UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh Army, Navy
and Air Force are deployed in 08 ongoing UNPKOs in
08 countries
Bangladesh peacekeepers have been deployed in a
number of countries such as east Timor, Lebanon, South
Sudan, Namibia, Haiti, Liberia, etc.
Q&A
UNITED NATIONS IN
BANGLADESH
 UN PRESENCE IN BANGLADESH

Currently the United Nations system has a large presence in

Bangladesh.
23 UN agencies/programmes are now at work alongside the
government and the people of Bangladesh for their development
and prosperity.
Their area of work includes economy,energy, environment,
contingencies, education, disaster, food, gender, good
governance, health, human rights, indigenous people,
migration, nutrition, participation, population, poverty,
refugees, urbanization, employment and livelihood.
UN agencies provide major policy support, resulting in
promulgation of Acts and Ordinances in governance and
human rights issues, and development of critical plan of
actions and guidelines in health, education, environment
and other economic and social sectors………...
 In Bangladesh: UN delivers
collectively through the
UN Development
Assistance Framework
(2017-2020) – based on the
Secretary-General’s “Road to
UNDAF 2017-2021 Dignity by 2030” vision and the
Outcomes are aligned with the
SDGs, the priorities set in the
Government of Bangladesh’s
7th Five-Year Plan and Vision
2021.
UN is partnering with
different stakeholder
i.e. private sector, civil
society, academia and
citizens alike to make
sure people of
Bangladesh leave a
better planet for future
generations
  UNICEF works to advance the
rights of children, especially those
who are unheard and
THE UNITED disadvantaged.
 UNICEF Bangladesh started
NATIONS the life-cycle approach, shifting
from planning by issue toward the
CHILDREN'S cycle of life. We initiated the new
country programme in 2016 to
FUND continue through 2020.
 It is an approach
that allows convergence of sectoral
arms and coverage of diverse
situations effecting Bangladeshi
children.
 FOOD AND  FAO has been working in Bangladesh
since 1973.
AGRICULTURAL three priority areas:
1. Healthy, safe, and nutritious food
ORGANIZATION 2. Sustainability of productive
ecosystems
3. Climate change adaptation and
mitigation.
  UNESCO also played the
UNITED NATIONS pioneering role in
EDUCATIONAL, designating 21st February as
the International Mother
SCIENTIFIC AND Language Day and now
CULTURAL every year the day is
observed by all member
ORGANIZATION countries of the world.
 Education,Culture, natural
science, social and human
science ……………..
 UNITED  UNFPA is the lead UN agency for
delivering a world where every
pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is
NATIONS safe and every young person's potential
is fulfilled.

POPULATION
 UNFPA strives for a Bangladesh where no
woman dies giving life, where people
young and old enjoy their reproductive

FUND
health and rights, and where violence
against girls and women is no more.
UNFPA has been working in partnership
with the Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh since 1974,
providing technical and advisory services
and support.
  ILO
works with the government,
workers and employers

INTERNATIONAL organisations to promote

decent and productive
employment opportunities for
LABOUR women and men in Bangladesh.

ORGANIZATION  Bangladeshhas been an active

member state of the ILO since 22
June 1972 and has ratified 35 ILO
Conventions including seven
fundamental conventions.
  WFP has a great contribution
towards country's vital Food for

THE WORLD Work and VGF Programes, school

meal;

FOOD  an emergency operation to meet

the food and nutritional needs of
the population, providing food to
PROGRAMME around 880,000 refugees, treatment
and prevention of malnutrition,
school feeding, engineering and
disaster risk reduction work,
logistics, and emergency
telecommunications.
  UNDP partners with people at all
levels of society to help build

UNITED nations though sustainable,

innovative, and community-based
development projects. Since 1972,
NATIONS UNDP and its partners have helped
Bangladesh make critical
DEVELOPMENT advances in the areas of
governance, poverty reduction,

PROGRAMME
climate change and disaster
resilience. Communities are made
stronger by our partnerships and
assistance.
 Role of UN in supporting
Bangladesh to achieve the SDGs
Making the People SDGs a reality
The UN in BD together with GoB and other are working towards
equal rights, access and opportunities for people:
• Empowered national and subnational authorities to implement gender sensitive policies and
strategies, especially for gender-based violence and child marriage.
• SDG indicators: 5.2.1, 5.3.1

• Awareness among communities, public service providers and traditional leaders to foster
demand of rights and use of services through partnerships.
• SDG indicators: 3.8.1, 6.1.1

• Enhanced national capacity to employ human rights based approach when developing and
implementing policies, costed strategies and plans to improve health, WASH, education,
protective services, social protection, nutrition and food security.
• SDG indicators: 6.1.1
Making the Planet SDGs a reality
The UN in BD together with GoB and other are working towards improved
sustainability and increased resilience of the environment :

• Strengthened national policies, legal documents and guidelines on renewable energy,

conservation of forest resources, protection of at-risk areas, addressing environmental
pollution and disaster risk reduction.
• SDG indicators: 7.2.1, 14.5.1, 15.1.1

• Enhanced disaster risk reduction and climate change integration in planning and
implementation tools of national and subnational institutions as well as private sector.
• SDG indicators: 11.B.1, 11.1.1

• Adoption and integration of green policies in the national development plan.

• SDG indicators: 12.5
Making the Prosperity SDGs a reality
The UN in BD together with GoB and other are working towards increased
opportunities for women and disadvantaged groups to contribute and
benefit from economic progress:

• Improved for decent work for all and skills development programmes, particularly for
vulnerable women, adolescents, youth and marginalized populations.
• SDG Indicator: 8.8.2, 4.3.1

• Harmonized policies for improved governance and ensuring equity of national, urban and
rural social protection programmes.
• SDG Indicator: 8.5.1

• Effective implementation of programmes that are aligned with National Social Security
Strategy.
• SDG Indicator: 1.3.1
Finally making the Peace and Partnerships SDGs a reality
Q &A