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US Assistant Secretary Sison in city
US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele J. Sison arrived here on Saturday on a two-day visit as part of her tri-nation official tour.
Director General (Americas wing) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nayem Uddin Ahmed received her at the airport.
She is likely to seek Bangladesh’s support for Doreen Bogdan-Martin, one of the candidates for the post of Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), says a diplomatic source.
The Russian Federation has nominated Rashid Ismailov as a candidate for the post of ITU Secretary-General.
The elections will be held during the Plenipotentiary Conference in Bucharest from September 26 - October 14, 2022.
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If elected, Bogdan-Martin would be the first woman to serve as ITU Secretary General in the organization's 156 years of existence.
Doreen Bogdan has an “unmatched record” of bringing the needs and ambitions of the developing world to the fore, Sison tweeted during her visit to India.
Bangladesh and the United States will “further follow up” the discussions that the two countries had over the last few months during her visit to Bangladesh.
Dhaka’s demand for withdrawal of sanctions on elite force Rab and the Rohingya issue are also expected to be discussed during the visit.
Bangladesh moves 25 spots up in Global Cybersecurity Index
Bangladesh has moved up by 25 places from its previous year's rank in the latest edition of the Global Cybersecurity Index, maintained by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Scoring an impressive 81.27 in the index for 2020, Bangladesh is sitting pretty at 53rd, in a list containing 194 countries from across the globe.
The index is based on weighted scores for legal system, technical skills, organizational system, capacity building and mutual cooperation. It is published on ITU’s website.
Earlier, Bangladesh was ranked 78th in this index.
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Scoring 100, the USA was at the highest position on the index. That may come as a surprise given the numerous high-profile hacks of American cybersecurity infrastructure that have come to light in recent months, including to interrupt the supply of critical utilities
The UK and Saudi Arabia were in second position with a score of 99.54 and Estonia is in third with a score of 99.48.
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