State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shariar Alam MP has called for strengthening global solidarity and adopting a well-coordinated response to address and overcome the ongoing challenges of the ongoing multiple and interlinked challenegs. “As a member of the Champions of the Global Crisis Response Group, my Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working with other global leaders to chart a global response commensurate with the scale and gravity of the crises,” he said. Shahriar was addressing a ministerial roundtable titled “Accelerating achievement of the SDGs by 2030: addressing on-going crises and overcoming challenges” at the high-level political forum (HLPF) 2022 at the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday. The Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima and high-level official were present at the event. Also read: Momen in Cambodia on two-day official visit Highlighting the impacts of multiple and overlapping crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the war in Ukraine, along with other protracted conflicts, the State Minister said, “In Bangladesh, we have been able to show strong resilience to tackle the impacts of these crises."  

Bangladesh has called for enhanced global solidarity to address gaps in migrants’ human rights and protection. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam made the call at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Wednesday. He was speaking at Roundtable-4 of the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) at the UN as a panelist. The roundtable focused on five specific goals of the Global Compact on Migration (GCM) pertaining to data, information provisions, reduction of vulnerabilities, elimination of discrimination, and international cooperation. Also read: German envoy “unhappy” over BNP misquoting him on democracy & human rights in Bangladesh The Shahriar stressed that the need of the hour is to improve cooperation among governments, humanitarian actors, consulates, and UN agencies to save lives and reduce risks and vulnerabilities for migrants during their migratory journey, including those caught up in situations of crisis.

The death toll from Covid-19 globally climbed to 968,600 on Wednesday according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University (JHU).