Bangladesh re-elected to three regional institutions of UNESCAP

Bangladesh has been re-elected to three regional institutions of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

The elections were held in the just concluded 71st session of the UNESCAP on Monday.
 
One of institutions is the Asia Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT).
 
The other two are the Centre for the Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA), and the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanisation (CSAM).
 
Based in Incheon, Korea, APCICT’s mission is to strengthen efforts of the member countries of ESCAP to use ICT in their socio-economic development through human and institutional capacity building.
 
CAPSA, based in Bogor, Indonesia aims to strengthen South-South Dialogue and intra-regional learning on poverty, food security and sustainable agriculture.
 
The vision of CSAM, based in Beijing, is to achieve production gains, improved rural livelihood and poverty alleviation through sustainable agricultural mechanization for a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable Asia and the Pacific.
 
Bangladesh's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to UNESCAP Saida Muna Tasneem, and her team had been “proactive” in campaigning for those elections, the foreign ministry said.