Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni has underscored the need for greater dialogue between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the prevention of human trafficking from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
She stressed the need for greater interface between global and regional initiatives to combat trafficking.
While attending the high-level UN meeting on the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons being held in New York on 13-14 May, she said Bangladesh has positioned itself at the forefront of global and regional anti-trafficking initiatives, reports UNB.
The meeting was attended by a large number of Heads of state and government, ministers and high-level representatives from 193 member states.
Earlier, the Foreign Minister also called on President of the 67th UN General Assembly Vuk Jeremic.
Dipu Moni was accompanied by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, MP, Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr AK Abdul Momen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, and Saida Muna Tasneem, Director General (UN) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other senior officials of the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York in all the events.
Later, in the evening, she attended a meeting organised by the expatriate Bangladeshis in New York.
