Ismat Jahan, ambassador of Bangladesh in Brussels, has been re-elected member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw).
Previously a member of the committee for the 2011-2014 term, she will now serve as the new member for the next four years (2015-2018), said a release of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
The election was held at the United Nations on Thursday and 18 candidates contested for 12 vacant posts of the body.
