Shawdesh Desk:

Bangladesh has won three major elections in United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held in New York on Monday.

With those victories, Bangladesh has become the executive board member of the UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS, securing highest votes — 53 out of 54 with one abstention — for the term 2021-2023.

The newly elected board will commence its work from January 2021.

The election was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York where the 54-members of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to elect members to eight of the ECOSOC Subsidiary Bodies, a press release of Bangladesh Permanent Mission in the UN said on Tuesday.

The victory is the demonstration of trust and confidence that Bangladesh enjoys due to its strong legacy of working together with the UN entities and their Executive Boards towards socio-economic emancipation of of the country under visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, it said.

Bangladesh is also current member at Executive Boards of the UNICEF and UN Women while Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima is the current President of UNICEF Executive Board.