UN to Cooperate in Election Process If Bangladesh Wants

UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Mia Seppo said the UN would co-operate in the election process if Bangladesh wanted.

She was responding to a question at a ' DCAB Talk' event at the Foreign Service Academy on Sunday (September 19).

She also spoke about the much-discussed Digital Security Act at the event organized by the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh, or DCAB. Mia Seppo said the UN was in talks with the law ministry to review the law and stop its abuse.

Regarding the Rohingya crisis, she said the Rohingya crisis is not only humanitarian but also political. It has become difficult to keep international attention on the Rohingya issue amidst the Afghanistan crisis, she added.

The UN Resident Coordinator further said that the proposal made by the World Bank to Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue has been misunderstood. There is no political solution to the Rohingya crisis as members of the UN Security Council cannot agree with each other.

Regarding the opening of educational institutions in Bangladesh at this time, she said, "We welcome the government to open educational institutions." Through this, marginal students will be able to study.