Bangladesh elected to UNESCO Executive Board

Bangladesh has been elected to the Executive Board of UNESCO in a hotly contested election at the 42nd General Conference in Paris on Thursday (November 16).

This brings Bangladesh back to the board after two years for the term 2023-27. This is the third contested election Bangladesh won at UNESCO in the last one and a half years.

Earlier, Bangladesh was elected to the Executive Council for the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission in June this year and at the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritages in July 2022.

“Bangladesh’s victory at UNESCO is the result of our deep engagement and diplomatic strides at the international fora under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,”- said Education Minister Dipu Moni, who leads the Bangladesh delegation at the UNESCO General Conference.