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Bangladesh at UN

No room for Ban's message in government supplement

Diplomatic Correspondent
Bangladesh observes the 40th anniversary of its gaining membership in the United Nations, but the government did not include the message of the UN secretary general in the supplement published on the occasion.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Bangladesh's gaining membership in the United Nations, but the government did not include the message of the UN secretary general in the supplement published on the occasion.
The government dropped Ban Ki-moon's message because it included his call for holding talks for solving the existing political crisis, a senior government official said.
According to this official, Ban in the message said political dialogues
were essential for solving differences peacefully and reaching a broadbased agreement on the future of the country.
It is because of this paragraph that the government dropped the entire message, the official added, requesting not to be named.
But another government official said the message could not be published because of its "late arrival and lack of space".
Sources said the government was in a dilemma over the matter and that was why the supplement reached newspaper offices very late yesterday.
The UN secretary general in his message recalled his memories of the Liberation War in 1971 when he was the junior most diplomat at the Korean embassy in New Delhi and he still preserved the fountain pen with which he signed the agreement of the diplomatic ties between Korea and Bangladesh, the sources added.
He also lauded Bangladesh's
outstanding contribution to the UN Peacekeeping Mission and Bangladesh's success in MDGs.
The UN chief issued the message upon request from the government, and the foreign ministry received it around 3:00pm yesterday, according to the sources.
After reading the message, ministry officials pointed out the said paragraph and drew the attention of the higher authorities. Finally, the ministry decided to drop the message.
The supplement that the foreign ministry has published today includes messages from the president, the prime minister, the foreign minister, the state minister for foreign affairs and the UN resident coordinator in Bangladesh.
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's charismatic statesmanship earned Bangladesh a momentous entry into the UN on September 17,1974, as its 136th member.