The visible role of this cooperation in Afghanistan is to our satisfaction and we sincerely wish it success. Mr. President, We are happy to endorse the agreement on the ten priority areas of cooperation between the UN and the OIC and its specialized institutions. We would appreciate if a full progress report on these programme activities could be prepared for our consideration in future. We wish to underscore that as a guiding principle such programmes should be drawn in a way that they benefit the highest number of people of the OIC member states. Mr. President, While we support the cooperative activities in all the identified areas, we would like to limit our comments to a few in this statement.
International trade remains and important engine of growth in the age of globalization.
We believe expanding trading opportunities through increased market access for export of goods from developing countries and improve their supply capacity are important areas for consideration in sectoral meetings in priority areas of cooperation. Mr. President, Bangladesh believes that capacity building in science and technology in developing countries should continue to be a priority issue. We would like to emphasize on the vast scope that exists for expansion of scientific and technological cooperation among the OIC member states and may be taken into account while elaborating projects in future. We also recognize the growing scope of technical cooperation among the developing counties. Relevant organizations and agencies of the UN system and of the OIC should contribute to the transfer of technology and capacity building in the relevant fields.