Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneThe election was held at the UN Headquarters in New York on TuesdayAmbassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative (PR) to the United Nations, has been unanimously elected president of the Unicef Executive Board. Bangladesh was earlier elected to the Executive Board for the term 2019-2021 representing the group of Asia-Pacific Sates. Ambassador Fatima recently joined as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York. She succeeded Ambassador Masud Bin Momen as Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative, who served as the vice president of Unicef Executive Board in 2019. Unicef Executive Director Henrietta H Fore welcomed the new President and said that Unicef looked forward to benefiting from her experience and wisdom.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 15, 2020 05:15 UTC