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Bangladesh has been elected member of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for the 2016-2018 term.
Bangladesh last served in the Council for the period of 2002-2004, according to a message received in Dhaka from The Hague on Friday. Bangladesh was unanimously elected by States Parties of the Chemical Weapons Convention on December 2 during the 20th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention being held in The Hague, Netherlands from November 30 to December 4. Bangladesh was among the four States Parties elected to serve in the Council, representing the Asian Group for the 2016-2018 period. Bangladesh's election to the OPCW Executive Council is seen as recognition by the international community of the country's contribution to the world peace as well as its leadership in the multilateral for a, the message reads. Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to OPCW, Sheikh Mohammed Belal was also elected unanimously as Chair of the Committee of the Whole (2014) and Chair of the Credential Committee (2015), according to a news agency. FE
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