City Desk :
A four-day “International Model United Nations Conference” began on Monday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban auditorium on Dhaka University (DU) campus.
DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the conference as the chief guest with Secretary General of the conference Ashabul Mahmud in the chair.
Securing the theme “Embarking SDG Implementation for peaceful coexistence”, the Dhaka University Model United Nations Association (DUMUNA) organized the conference, a DU press release said.
The function was addressed, among others, by DU Pro-VC (Academic) Professor Dr Nasreen Ahmad, Professor Dr Delwar Hossain of DU International Relations Department and former Officer-in-Charge of United Nations Information Centre in Bangladesh Kazi Ali Reza.
Professor Siddique said, “We have witnessed successful implementation of millennium development goals and now we are on our way to implement sustainable development goals under the direct supervision and guidance of the United Nations”.
Now youths need quality education to become global citizen of the 21st century, he added.
He stressed the need for strengthening the culture of peace everywhere to eliminate terrorism, fundamentalism and dogmatism from the world.
The United Nations has played a crucial role in building international consensus on action for global development, the VC said.
About 500 youths and students from different countries of the world including Bangladesh, the USA, the UK, South Korea, India, Nepal, Afghanistan, the Philippines and Indonesia took part in the conference.
A four-day “International Model United Nations Conference” began on Monday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban auditorium on Dhaka University (DU) campus.
DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the conference as the chief guest with Secretary General of the conference Ashabul Mahmud in the chair.
Securing the theme “Embarking SDG Implementation for peaceful coexistence”, the Dhaka University Model United Nations Association (DUMUNA) organized the conference, a DU press release said.
The function was addressed, among others, by DU Pro-VC (Academic) Professor Dr Nasreen Ahmad, Professor Dr Delwar Hossain of DU International Relations Department and former Officer-in-Charge of United Nations Information Centre in Bangladesh Kazi Ali Reza.
Professor Siddique said, “We have witnessed successful implementation of millennium development goals and now we are on our way to implement sustainable development goals under the direct supervision and guidance of the United Nations”.
Now youths need quality education to become global citizen of the 21st century, he added.
He stressed the need for strengthening the culture of peace everywhere to eliminate terrorism, fundamentalism and dogmatism from the world.
The United Nations has played a crucial role in building international consensus on action for global development, the VC said.
About 500 youths and students from different countries of the world including Bangladesh, the USA, the UK, South Korea, India, Nepal, Afghanistan, the Philippines and Indonesia took part in the conference.
