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Published on October 23, 2014
This election has been held in New York today (October 21), an official release said.
Bangladesh has contested for this post from the Asia Pacific Region. Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Qatar were the candidates for four member posts reserved for the region in this election.
“This win,” an elated Mahmood Ali declared, “again proves that Bangladesh is absolutely on the right track under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.”
It was all the more pleasing as it comes after impressive wins by Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury as Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s chair and by Saber Hossain Chowdhury as president of the global parliamentary group.
Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UN AK Abdul Momen termed it a “rare” international honour for Bangladesh having notched these successive victories in the global elections.
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