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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated her pledge to work with the global community to ensure the rights of the children alongside ensuring their protection in the country.
“I would like to reiterate my government’s strong commitment to working with national and international development partners and the UN agencies to establish the rights and protection of every child in our country,” she said, reports BSS.
Describing the children as future assets, the Premier, who is now on an official tour to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA, said this in a video message broadcast in a National Symposium on “Child Protection for Every Child: Best practices in Child Protection of Bangladesh.”
The European Union and UNICEF organized the National Symposium at a city hotel.
Chairperson of the Bangladesh National Committee for Autism and Neurodevelopment Disorders Saima Wazed presented the keynote paper at the function.
The Prime Minister said that the present government with the help of UNICEF and other development partners has taken various programmes to build these children as worthy citizens.
She said the father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had undertaken some unique initiatives for the overall development of the children during the short tenure of his government.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
