Hossen Sohel of DOT
Branding Bangladesh’s December 30 parliamentary elections not perfect, the United Nations secretary general has called for engaging in meaningful dialogue in Bangladeshi political sphere as positive as possible, reports New Age.
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres came up with the remark during a press conference held at UN headquarters in New York on Friday.
‘It is obvious that the elections were not perfect, and we encourage the different areas of the Bangladeshi political sphere to engage in meaningful forms of dialogue in order for the political life in Bangladesh to be as positive as possible,’ said the UN secretary general responding to a question on his view on Bangladesh elections.
Asked whether the UN is willing to send any envoy or any special team to Bangladesh to investigate the allegations of polls irregularities, the secretary-general said, ‘Well, again, we have not the right to do investigations like that unless we’re mandated for that.’
‘But I would like to say, first of all, that Bangladesh is a very important partner for the United Nations in relation to the Rohingya refugees, and we are extremely grateful to Bangladesh for its generosity in hosting so many Rohingya refugees in the extremely difficult circumstances that exist and taking into account the problems and the difficulties of the Bangladeshi development in itself,’ he said.
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