Bangladesh’s resolution on ‘Culture of Peace’ adopted

Secretariat Correspondent: Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’ has been unanimously adopted in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) like each year.

Charge d Affaires and Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR) of Bangladesh Permanent Mission Tareq M Ariful Islam floated the proposal on Wednesday.

The main theme of this resolution is -if intolerance and hatred could be abolished from the society, the world would see lasting peace.

In his statement, Ariful Islam said, “Over the years, Bangladesh remained committed to the values and principles enshrined in the UN Charter and worked alongside the international community in promoting and protecting peace.”

The government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina remains committed to the issue, and underscores the importance of a ‘whole-of-society’ approach in our national context for promoting a culture of peace, he added.

He said “We shall be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace on 13 September 2019.”

To this end, he said, the draft resolution requests the president of the 73rd session of the General Assembly to give special attention to its appropriate and befitting observance by holding the high-level forum on that date next year, which will be an opportunity for renewing our shared commitment to further strengthen the global movement for the culture of peace.

The DPR also mentioned, “Culture of peace is an aspiration of all humankind. Promoting and inculcating a mindset of a culture of peace is at the core of the creative management of differences and divisions”.

The concept of ‘Culture of Peace’ as a General Assembly (GA) agenda was first mooted by Bangladesh in 1999. The whole world celebrated “Decade of Culture of Peace” following adoption of a resolution at the GA.

The Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN had been taking this follow-up resolution to the General Assembly every year since 2000, and each year it got adopted unanimously.


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