Bangladesh promotes mediation, conciliation and arbitration for conflict prevention and resolution as the measures stipulated in the United Nations charter.
Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative (PR) to the UN Masud Bin Momen stated this while taking part in a daylong open debate at the UN Security Council in New York on Monday, according to a message received here on Tuesday.
Representatives from 66 countries participated in the debate on “The respect to the principles and purposes of the charter of the UN as key elements for the maintenance of international peace and security” with Venezuela’s representative in the chair.
Momen said Bangladesh maintains its unwavering commitment to the UN Charter in maintaining international peace and security since its independence.
In this connection, he mentioned that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman enunciated the commitment which was reflected in his maiden speech at the UN in 1974.
“Bangabandhu in his address said the Bangalee nation is fully committed to the building of a world order in which the aspiration of the people for peace and justice will be realized,” he noted, adding the ideal is also the cornerstone of the country’s foreign policy.
With the guiding principle of the Father of the Nation, the PR said, Bangladesh has consistently upheld renunciation of war, respect for sovereign equality of states and non-interference in the internal affairs of other states.
Momen said Bangladesh, under the determined leadership of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been pursuing peaceful settlement of disputes with its partners through dialogues, negotiations and arbitration based on the principle of mutual respect as enshrined in the UN Charter.
As a result, he said, the country has peacefully and amicably resolved the long-pending land and maritime boundary issues with its neighbors.
Expressing dismay over the deviations of the UN Charter in different parts of the world, the ambassador said: “We have seen many efforts over the last seven decades to justify deviations from the core charter principles under several theoretical doctrines and concepts.”
In this connection, he suggested strengthening the UN’s role in checking such deviations.
Earlier, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his introductory speech said although important steps were taken over the past year to uphold the values and advance the vision set out in the UN Charter, the promise of the organisation’s founding document to the most vulnerable must continue to be the goal of its member states.
