DHAKA, Jan 19, 2022 (BSS) - Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr 
Md Akhtaruzzaman has said Dhaka University will play a special role to 
achieve Sustainable Development Goals and implement the Paris Climate 
Agreement as a centenary, multidisciplinary and traditional university.  

  "The hundred-year old university has a number of renowned experts, teachers 
and researchers in the various fields of 17 SDGs," he told a special meeting 
of VCs /Presidents of eighty universities from Asia, Europe and Middle East 
held on January 18, said a DU press release today.  

  President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) 
Proffesor Jeffrey Sachs delivered welcome speech while Minister of Education 
and Religious Affairs of Greece Niki Kerameus made opening remarks at the 
meeting, organised by UNSDSN.   

  Dhaka University has special capacity to conduct advanced level researches 
on different academic fields, Akhtaruzzaman said, adding "The curriculum of 
this university has been reorganized and special research projects have been 
undertaken considering the SDGs objectives."   

  SDGs Response Coordination Cell has already been established at this 
university, DU VC added.   

  Assistant Director General for Education of UNESCO Stefania Giannini, 
Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health of LSHTM Andrew Haines, 
former President of the United Nations General Assembly Vuk Jeremic and 
Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public 
Administration Vladimir A Mau addressed it as panelist discussants.