President M Abdul Hamid has asked Bangladesh peacekeepers to continue their work in the UN peacekeeping mission with utmost professionalism, integrity, devotion and sincerity.
“I expect, you (members from army, navy, air force and police forces working in the United Nations peacekeeping missions) would work to establish Bangladesh as a peace-loving country by upholding country’s national flag in the global arena,” he said this while addressing a programme on the occasion of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers here on Monday.
At the outset of his speech, the President paid rich tribute to the memory of Bangladesh peacekeepers who embraced martyrdom while working in UN peacekeeping mission and prayed for salvation of their departed souls and also showed due respects to those who received injuries at different peacekeeping missions in different times.
Referring to the historic address of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the UN General Assembly on September 25 in 1974 where he expressed his firm desire to establish global peace, Abdul Hamid said, “Since then Bangladesh has been playing an important role in maintaining good relations with different peace loving and friendly countries in the world by taking part in the UN peacekeeping mission.”
The President categorically said Bangladesh has emerged as a country of peace and communal harmony around the world and Bangladesh peacekeepers have been able to attain credibility by dint of their highest standard of professionalism, devotion and bravery since the very beginning.
