Commemorative Seminar on " International Day of Peace 2017" on 09 October 2017

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) and Rotary International District 3281 Bangladesh, jointly organised a commemorative seminar on “International Day of Peace 2017” on Monday, 09 October 2017 at the BIISS Auditorium. Professor Dr. Gowher Rizvi, Adviser to the Hon’ble Prime Minister on International Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh graced the seminar as the chief guest. In his speech Dr. Rizvi discussed the issue of UN reform and  the Hon’ble Adviser proposed that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) should have the power to overrule the UNSC ‘veto power’. If a proposal passed by majority of the UNGA and get vetoed by the UNSC, it should be sent back to the UNGA for a second voting. If the UNGA again passes that proposal with majority vote, then the veto by the UNSC would be overruled. Dr. Rizvi believes without UN reforms on the ground of representation, the hands of the UN will be tied down and it will not be able to deliver what it originally promised to the global humanity. Professor Dr. Delwar Hossain of the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka presented the second paper on ‘Refugee Crisis and Threat to Peace’.