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Reverse declining trend in German aid to Bangladesh

Foreign minister urges Germany

UNB, Dhaka
Bangladesh yesterday requested Germany to reverse the declining trend in German assistance to this country, given its investment needs and international obligations to the Millenium Development Goals (MDG).
"We hope the recent declining trend in German assistance to Bangladesh will be reversed," Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan said inaugurating an exhibition on 30 years of Germany in the United Nations at Goethe Institute in Dhaka.
An available statistic suggests that German grant for Bangladesh is about 40 million euro.
Khan, however, appreciated German development assistance in health, energy and economic reforms.
German Ambassador in Dhaka Dietrich Andreas and Prof Salahuddin Ahmed also spoke at the function.
The foreign minister said Bangladesh and Germany share the same principles of peace, democracy, justice and the rule of law at domestic as well as international planes.
"Both of us recognize that global challenge could be addressed only on the basis of cooperative partnership," he said, adding that the protection of human rights and the rule of law could guarantee stability and peace.
Khan said Bangladesh recognizes that an effective United Nations is central to collective management of world affairs. UN has the capacity to address emerging issues of global importance, he added.
Echoing the views, the German Ambassador said the United Nations provide the most important and legitimate forum for discussion of global challenges and only a "sincere multiple approach" will be able to bring about an adequate
response and universally accepted solutions.
Andreas said Germany is committed to conflict prevention, global economy and development, disarmament, banning weapons of mass destruction, international criminal jurisdiction, human rights and environmental protection.
In its effort to support the conflict resolution capacities of the UN, Germany has provided some 9,000 armed forces and police to UN peace missions. Besides, Germany's contribution to UN with some 1.3 billion US dollars, make it the third largest contributor to UN after America and Japan.
The Ambassador recalled Germany's contribution to the Security Council in 2003-04 that strengthened its resolve to actively support an overhaul of the UN in general and the Security Council in particular.