UNB, Dhaka :
The United Nations has no plan to send its Assistant Secretary General for Peace-building Support Oscar
Fernández Taranco to mediate between ruling Awami League and BNP to resolve the current standoff in Bangladesh, said an official here on Saturday.
He also said there has been no such communication between Bangladesh government and the UN. “Usually, the UN needs to inform Bangladesh government first before such visit,” he said.
Asked whether Taranco is coming to Dhaka again to mediate with the AL and BNP, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Farhan Haq told UNB, “We’ve no new comment to issue for now.”
In an email communication, he also said it is correct to say that Fernandez Taranco will continue to follow up on this issue.
Earlier, the UN said it wants a peaceful resolution to the ongoing crisis and the Secretary General tasked Head of the Peacebuilding Office Oscar Fernández Taranco to liaise with the government and opposition leaders on the matter.
“We continue to deplore the loss of life (in Bangladesh). And I think the key message is for a peaceful resolution to the ongoing crisis,”
said Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric at a regular briefing on Thursday.
He reiterated that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is obviously personally committed to the stability of and development in Bangladesh.
Earlier in his brief statement on the task of Taranco on Bangladesh crisis, the Spokesperson said, “I can tell you that, as part of his (Taranco) functions, he is in regular contact with Member States, including the United States.”
In his meeting with the Assistant Secretary of State, Nisha Biswal, Fernández-Taranco discussed, among other issues, the situation in Bangladesh, expressing concern about the escalation of violence and stressing the need for peaceful de-escalation of the situation.
Before the January-5 elections, then UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco came to Bangladesh and held a series of talks with Awami League and BNP alliances.
However, he left the country leaving a note for Bangladeshi leaderships that the solution has to be a homegrown one.
“I firmly believe there’s a ground for an agreement… Bangladesh leaders must continue to come together. I encouraged both sides to continue the dialogue in the spirit of goodwill and compromise,” he told reporters after wrapping up his six-day hectic tour at that time.
The United Nations has no plan to send its Assistant Secretary General for Peace-building Support Oscar
Fernández Taranco to mediate between ruling Awami League and BNP to resolve the current standoff in Bangladesh, said an official here on Saturday.
He also said there has been no such communication between Bangladesh government and the UN. “Usually, the UN needs to inform Bangladesh government first before such visit,” he said.
Asked whether Taranco is coming to Dhaka again to mediate with the AL and BNP, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Farhan Haq told UNB, “We’ve no new comment to issue for now.”
In an email communication, he also said it is correct to say that Fernandez Taranco will continue to follow up on this issue.
Earlier, the UN said it wants a peaceful resolution to the ongoing crisis and the Secretary General tasked Head of the Peacebuilding Office Oscar Fernández Taranco to liaise with the government and opposition leaders on the matter.
“We continue to deplore the loss of life (in Bangladesh). And I think the key message is for a peaceful resolution to the ongoing crisis,”
said Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric at a regular briefing on Thursday.
He reiterated that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is obviously personally committed to the stability of and development in Bangladesh.
Earlier in his brief statement on the task of Taranco on Bangladesh crisis, the Spokesperson said, “I can tell you that, as part of his (Taranco) functions, he is in regular contact with Member States, including the United States.”
In his meeting with the Assistant Secretary of State, Nisha Biswal, Fernández-Taranco discussed, among other issues, the situation in Bangladesh, expressing concern about the escalation of violence and stressing the need for peaceful de-escalation of the situation.
Before the January-5 elections, then UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco came to Bangladesh and held a series of talks with Awami League and BNP alliances.
However, he left the country leaving a note for Bangladeshi leaderships that the solution has to be a homegrown one.
“I firmly believe there’s a ground for an agreement… Bangladesh leaders must continue to come together. I encouraged both sides to continue the dialogue in the spirit of goodwill and compromise,” he told reporters after wrapping up his six-day hectic tour at that time.
