Momen thanks UNESCO for inscribing Rickshaw painting as intangible Cultural Heritage

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today thanked the UNESCO inscribing Rickshaw and Rickshaw Painting in Dhaka as Bangladesh's fifth element of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
 
He expressed the gratitude while newly appointed Head of the UNESCO Office and UNESCO Representative to Bangladesh Susan Vize presented her credentials to the foreign ministry at foreign ministry , a foreign ministry's press release said.

Through Vize, Foreign Minister Momen also conveyed his appreciation to the World Heritage Committee and UNESCO Secretariat for recognising Bangladesh's efforts to protect the outstanding universal value of the Sundarbans and allowing a six year timeline to submit the next State of Conservation report.

Momen recalled with appreciation of UNESCO's support for initiating this UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize in the field of Creative Economy. 

He also underscored Bangladesh's commitment to engage more deeply with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean (IOC-INDIO) as the current Chair of the IOC.  

The UNESCO representative to Bangladesh thanked the foreign minister for accepting her credentials and noted that UNESCO always believed in strengthening its cooperation with Bangladesh. 

Momen wished her success in delivering her responsibilities and assured her of all out support of the government in discharging her duties in Bangladesh.

Susan Vize, a national of Australia, has a long reputable career at UNESCO. 

Before joining her new role, Vize was the regional advisor for Social and Human Sciences Asia-Pacific at the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Bangkok.