State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has laid emphasis on shared responsibility, sincere efforts and strong cooperation at regional and global level to implement the water action under SDGs. He said these are also required to make international water decade a success, and to create a water-secure world for all. “The rate of open defecation has dropped drastically below 1% during the last 9 years,” the State Minister said. Among other speakers, the Executive Director of UNICEF in her statement acknowledged the water and sanitation related program achieved in Bangladesh. The State Minister also joined the High-Level Luncheon event jointly hosted by the President of General Assembly and Under-Secretary-General of ECOSOC.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 23, 2018 06:11 UTC