Bangladesh to chair Asia-Pacific Group of UN

Bangladesh’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN AK Abdul Momen has been made the Chairman of UN’s Asia-Pacific Group.

New York Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 1 July 2015, 07:58 AM
Updated : 1 July 2015, 07:58 AM

Momen has been selected for the position after consent of the 55 member countries of the Group, a media brief from the Bangladesh Mission said.

The Bangladesh Ambassador is going to chair the Group for the second time.

The member countries of the Group have been divided into five sections -- Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Eastern and Western Europe.

Among them Asia-Pacific Group consists of the highest number of member countries.