FM flags “biased sourcing” of OHCHR with Gwyn Lewis

News Desk :: Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday raised the issue of “inaccurate” and “inconsistent” statements made by the UN human rights office on Bangladesh with UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Gwyn Lewis.

“They get information from the biased and wrong sources. We discussed the issue so that it does not happen,” he told reporters after his meeting with the UN Resident Coordinator (UNRC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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The foreign minister said the events that unfolded since October 28 and BNP’s arson attacks and killing people did not feature in the reports made by Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

“I told her about this. She said she is looking into it,” Hasan, also Bangladesh Awami League joint general secretary said.

The foreign minister also referred to UN Secretary General’s letter of congratulations to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his meeting with the UN chief in Uganda recently.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for championing a number of UN-led global processes and commended her leadership.

During the meeting with FM Hasan, the secretary general congratulated Hasina and appreciated Bangladesh’s vital role in the call for reforming global financial architecture.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, earlier, said unfortunately, the OHCHR may have fallen for BNP’s misinformation campaign.

The government expects that the OHCHR will rectify its 31-October press briefing note based on facts.

If the OHCHR’s statements are not highly objective, the Office will lose people’s support, acceptability and credibility, the ministry said.