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Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman, who has been elected president of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), yesterday indicated that he may continue serving as foreign minister while carrying out his UN duties.

“Will I leave this job? Is that the question? Don’t be so hurried. There is a precedent,” he told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday amid speculation that he might take leave from his ministerial duties.

He cited the example of Humayun Rashid Chowdhury, the last Bangladeshi to serve as UNGA president during the 1986-87 session.

“I was his private secretary. He performed both responsibilities full-time,” Khalilur said. “That

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