The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will now have full-fledged presence in Bangladesh through establishment of its own delegation in Dhaka.
To this effect, an agreement between the Bangladesh government and the ICRC has been signed at the foreign affairs ministry.
Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes has signed the agreement on behalf of the government while the ICRC side was represented by Christoph Vogt, head of the ICRC delegation in Dhaka, said a press release.
Since the days of the War of Liberation, ICRC has been providing humanitarian protection and support to disaster-affected people in Bangladesh and alleviating human sufferings, often in close cooperation with the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. For the last few years, ICRC has been conducting its humanitarian tasks in Bangladesh through a liaison office in Dhaka under the control and supervision of the South Asian Regional Delegation in New Delhi.
After signing the “Headquarters Agreement,” the ICRC can now carry out its humanitarian activities in Bangladesh with greater efficiency and speed as well as widen its areas of operation.
