Bangladesh Minister for food and Disaster Management Dr. Abdur Razzak attends PDNA and GFDRR meetings in Washington

Washington, October 8 : Bangladesh Food and Disaster management minister Dr.  Abdur Razzak  has laid stress on food  security to the least developed countries like Bangladesh after natural calamities.

The  Minister called upon the world leaders and concerned aid agencies of world Bank and United Nations  to allocate their help to the people affected  by the natural calamities on the basis of  head-wise victim  during their  rehabilitation programmes  aimed at  returning their normal life and also sought of their total support  for the least developed countries especially Bangladesh.

Dr. Razzak had hectic  meetings  w ith  the  Post Disaster needs Assessment (PDNA)  and  Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and climate change  from October  5-8 at Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC.

The food and Disaster minister spoke at the seminar  on PDNA organized by  the GFDRR at the hotel on October 5 where all development partners and organizations in cooperation of the World Bank attended the  seminar and meetings. All the participants in the meetings expressed satisfaction for taking appropriate steps in facing the natural calamities in Bangladesh .He aLso emphasized the need for  taking  appropriate  measures   during the natural  disasters in  different places of the world including  Bangladesh. Natural disaster  like flood, drought, tidal bore and earth quake, are  being faced by the  people of different countries of the world including Bangladesh frequently.

Dr. Abdur Razzak unveiled the book on’ Climate Change Risks and Food Security’ under auspices of the World Bank here on October 6. In his hectic  programmes here the minister placed a presentation on’ A priority country Perspective: Bangladesh’ at the same venue. He also discussed the different nature of calamities, management, challenges and the role of GFDRR in the context of Bangladesh climate Change.

Besides World Bank, different organizations of the United Nations and representative of USA ,UK, Australia, EC, Sweden ,Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands, and Japan attended  the meetings.

The food minister also attended a dinner hosted by Indian finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at I.F.M Office and  discussed  the matters of interest on October 7 during the occasion.

 Dr. Razzak also called on  Mr Mark Aboo, director of Global Security Council on Food Security at the latter’s office.  Mr Aboo assured the minister of all necessary help and cooperation to  be extended  to meet  the  Bangladesh Food Security risks.