UN Human Rights chief to due in Dhaka on Tuesday

United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk will arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday on a two-day official visit as he will hold a number of meetings with top government officials and civil society representatives.

During the visit, the high commissioner is scheduled to meet with Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, said a press release disseminated by the UN Resident Coordinator office in Dhaka on Monday.

The UN HR chief will also hold meetings with a number of advisers for different ministries, the chief justice, the army chief and the heads of several reform commissions.

Turk will also make an address at Dhaka University, where he will meet with the students involved in the recent protest movement.

He will have meetings with UN agencies and members of diplomatic missions in Bangladesh as well.

The high commissioner will hold a news conference in Dhaka at the end of his mission on Wednesday afternoon.

Source: BSS