Secretary-General Names
Anwarul Chowdhury High Representative For Least Developed
Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, Small Island Developing States
The Secretary-General
announced today the appointment of Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (Bangladesh) as the
High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing
Countries and Small Island Developing States.
Mr. Chowdhury recently completed his assignment (1996-2001) as Permanent
Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York.
He also served as Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Chile, Nicaragua, Peru and
Venezuela, as well as Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to the Bahamas and
Guyana.
During his tenure as
Permanent Representative, Mr. Chowdhury served as President of the Security
Council, President of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive
Board, and, for more than 10 years, as the Coordinator for the Least Developed
Countries in New York. In May 2001,
he led the negotiations on behalf of the least developed countries at the Third
United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, which adopted the
comprehensive Brussels Programme of Action for the present decade.
Mr. Chowdhury also chaired the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary)
Committee of the General Assembly in 1998-2000.
He served as Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council in 1997
and 1998. From 1990-1993, Mr. Chowdhury was the UNICEF Director in
Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Mr. Chowdhury was born in
1943 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He holds
a Master of Arts in Contemporary History and International Relations from the
University of Dhaka. He has been a
regular contributor to journals on peace, development and human rights issues,
and a speaker at academic institutions and other forums, most recently in the
United States.
Mr. Chowdhury is the
recipient of the U Thant Peace Award and the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Gandhi Gold Medal for Culture and
Peace.
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