Minister Nahid elected Vice President of 39th UNESCO General Conference

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has been elected as the Vice President of the ongoing 39th session of the UNESCO General Conference at its headquarters in Paris.

He is leading the Bangladesh delegation at the conference that began on October 30 and will continue till November 14.

The conference is being attended by the ministers and senior officials of 195 member states, 10 associate members and various UN agencies, media, and NGOs, according to a UNB report.

Nahid will serve as the Vice President of the UNESCO General Conference for the term of 2017-2019.

He also served as the Vice President of the 38th Session of UNESCO General Conference for 2015-2017 term.

Zohour Alaoui from Morocco has been elected as the President of the running conference.

On November 4, Nahid will deliver national statement on the general policy debate of the conference.

Before that on November 1, as the chair of the E-9 Forum, Nahid will meet the ministers and the heads of the delegation of E-9 countries.