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Bangladesh may lead int'l stabilising force for Somalia

UN chief tells CA

UNB, New York
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said Bangladesh may become the lead country of the proposed international stabilising force for Somalia
The UN chief expressed the view during a meeting with Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed at his office at the UN headquarters on Friday.
Ban Ki-moon said details of the international stabilising force for Somalia will be discussed during his expected visit to Bangladesh on November 1. He also appreciated the role of Bangladeshi peacekeepers in UN missions
UN millenium development goals (MDGs), food security, upcoming election in Bangladesh, climate change and socioeconomic progress were discussed during the meeting.
The CA said Bangladesh's commitment to attaining the MDGs is continuing and the country is on the track. MDGs have been achieved in many areas, he added.
Ban Ki-moon said achieving MDGs by Bangladesh would be symbolic and an example for all UN member countries.
Fakhruddin said the UN secretary general during his visit to Bangladesh will see for himself the socioeconomic progress and the success achieved by the country.
Despite two back-to-back floods and powerful cyclone Sidr, Bangladesh overcame the situation by its own resources, he said and mentioned the farmers' extraordinary performance in producing bumper crop with the necessary input support by the government.
The CA said the government has made food stock of more than one million tonnes by procurement.
On general election, he mcn-
tioned the completion of voters' list with photographs of over 80 million voters to hold a free, fair and credible election on December 18.
Referring to the recently held municipal and city corporation polls, the CA said these were the indicators of free and fair elections.
The UN secretary general hoped that a good election would be held in Bangladesh under the leadership of Fakhruddin.
Ban Ki-moon warmly welcomed the CA and the members of his delegation at his office.
CA's Press Secretary Syed Fahim Munaim briefed newsmen about the meeting.
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Women and Children Affairs Adviser Rasheda K Chowdhury. CA's Press Secretary Syed Fahim Munaim and Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to UN Ismat Jahan were present.