Rabab Fatima new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to UN

Diplomatic Correspondent: Current Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Rabab Fatima is going to be the next Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations.

An order regarding the appointment has already been approved, according to a source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Rabab Fatima will replace Masud Bin Momen, the current Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations.

Things will be finalised after the upcoming UN General Assembly to be held at the UN headquarters in the last week of the current month.

As a diplomat, she has extensive experiences and specialisation in human rights and humanitarian issues.

Fatima, a career diplomat, belonging to the 1986 batch of BCS (FA) cadre, returned to the Foreign Ministry after long 10 years as she served on lien with the Commonwealth Secretariat in London and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) from 2006-15.

Earlier, she served in Bangladesh Permanent Mission to UN in New York, Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UNOG in Geneva and Bangladesh embassy in Beijing in different capacities.

Fatima received her Master’s in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA.

On the other hand, Masud Bin Momen is likely to become the next Foreign Secretary. He previously served as Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan and Italy.

He is likely to replace the longest-serving Foreign Secretary of the country - M Shahidul Haque who will go on retirement in December.

 

risingbd/Dhaka/September 9, 2019/Hasan/AI