Bangladesh elected IMO council member

Bangladesh has won the 175-member International Maritime Organization (IMO) council election 2023 held in London at the IMO headquarters in category C, securing 128 votes.

This is for the first time Bangladesh has won the election in the highly competitive category C of the IMO.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK and Permanent Representative to the IMO, Saida Muna Tasneem, said Bangladesh's election to the International Maritime Organisation's elite 40-member council is a testimony of the confidence and trust that the IMO member states and the international maritime community place on Bangladesh's leadership as a maritime nation and action led by the prudent leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The high commissioner expressed her gratitude to the IMO members for electing Bangladesh as a Council member and reaffirmed Bangladesh's commitment to IMO's charter of actions for dealing with the maritime.

She also expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Shipping of Bangladesh and especially thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her bold decision to compete in the IMO council election in 2023.