BSS-49 Bangabandhu’s legacy a great source of inspiration: UNESCO

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Bangabandhu’s legacy a great source of inspiration: UNESCO

DHAKA, Aug 14, 2020 (BSS) – Director-General of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Audrey
Azoulay today said the legacy of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is a great source of inspiration for the
generations to come.

“It is certain that Bangabandhu’s legacy will continue to be a
great source of inspiration for generations to come, for all those
working to reinvent the world,” she said in a message on the occasion
of the 45th martyrdom anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman.

In her message, Audrey Azoulay said, “I would like to pay tribute
to his life and legacy. Even four and a half decades after his death,
the world still remembers his dedication, struggle and sacrifices when
fighting for the rights and freedom of his people.”

“Our Organization shares this aspiration for an inclusive,
equitable and democratic society – an aspiration that Bangabandhu
presented on 7 March 1971 in a historic speech now inscribed on the
UNESCO Memory of World International Register,” she added.

This year, she informed that UNESCO is joining the world in
celebrating the 100th anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman’s birth.

“It is an opportunity to renew our commitment to his vision of a
fairer world and to building societies that foster respect for the
ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious diversity of all people,”
she added.

Audrey Azoulay said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman strongly
believed in the power of union between nations to build a better
future.

“Stating this belief to the United Nations in 1974, he reaffirmed
his ‘faith in the indomitable spirit of man – in the capacity of the
people to achieve the impossible and to overcome insurmountable odds’.
Faced with the current crisis and the daunting challenges of the
future, we must share this faith and act upon it,” she added.

She said, “As the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences threaten
to shake the foundations of our societies and to erode decades of
progress made in the core areas of UNESCO’s competence, we are
compelled to redouble our efforts at the national, regional and global
levels to build back better and achieve our sustainable development
goals.”

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