Bangladesh elected as council member of International Seabed Authority
Bangladesh has been elected as the member of the Council of the International Seabed Authority for a four-year term from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024.
Located in Kingston of Jamaica, the International Seabed Authority is mandated under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to organizse, regulate, and control all mineral-related activities in the international seabed area for the benefit of mankind as a whole.
Its Council is composed of 37 members, said the Bangladesh Permanent Mission on Friday.
Being elected as the member of the Council, Bangladesh will get the opportunity to better protect its interest in the Organisation in future.
Bangladesh elected as council member of International Seabed Authority-539466 daily-sun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from daily-sun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bangladesh is also the current President of the Council of International Seabed Authority.
Bangladesh is a country with a huge population where land-based resources are scarce. Even the resources of the seas are yet to be fully exploited. After the settlement of our maritime boundaries with neighboring Myanmar and India, we are prioritising on unleashing the full potentials of our ocean resources and have made the Blue Economy the new frontier, said a media release issued by Bangladesh Permanent Mission in the UN.
To fully realise the potentials of the Blue Economy for socio-economic development, Bangladesh would require access to equitable sharing of marine resources, especially in areas beyond national jurisdiction and in ISA controlled areas.
Bangabandhu’s farsightedness shaped foreign policy visions of Bangladesh
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangabandhu was ideologically very upright, yet essentially pragmatic to uphold the best interest of his country.
“He, therefore, decided to pursue a neutral foreign policy based on universal values and principles,” he said while speaking at a webinar organized by Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York in collaboration with the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Eminent international speakers, Salil Tripathi, award winning author and journalist, Tom A Dine, senior diplomat, US Foreign Services &friends of Bangladesh liberation war honoree and Prof Syed Anwar Husain, Bangabandhu Chair, Bangladesh University of Professionals were present as panelists.
‘Bangabandhu’s far-sightedness shaped foreign policy visions’
Diplomatic Correspondent
2nd March, 2021 10:25:20
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman s foreign policy was marked by dynamism coupled with neutrality and high moral standing in the global arena. Bangabandhu was ideologically very upright, yet essentially pragmatic to uphold the best interest of his country. He, therefore, decided to pursue a neutral foreign policy based on universal values and principles, he said.
The Foreign Minister said Bangabandhu projected Bangladesh as a peace-loving nation with a high aspiration for transformative change in the lives and livelihood of its people. “It earned Bangladesh the recognition of almost all the countries of the world within a very short span of time.”