Suchergebnisse

Outcome and recommendations of two dialogues on Bangladesh-India security relations, with special emphasis on terrorism, organized by Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, in collaboration with Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, during 6-7 December 2009 and 19-20 March 2010 in Dhaka and Delhi respectively

Interview with Farooq Sobhan, conducted 19th November 2014 as part of the Commonwealth Oral History Project. The project aims to produce a unique digital research resource on the oral history of the Commonwealth since 1965 through sixty oral history interviews with leading figures in the recent history of the organisation. It will provide an essential research tool for anyone investigating the history of the Commonwealth and will serve to promote interest in and understanding of the organisation. Biography: Sobhan, Farooq. 1940- . Born in Calcutta and graduate of the Universities of Dhaka and Oxford. Deputy Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York, 1981-84. High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the Federation of Malaysia, 1984-87. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, 1987-90. High Commissioner to India, 1992-95. Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, 1995-97. Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Board of Investment and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister, 1997-99. Candidate for position of Commonwealth Secretary General, 1999 CHOGM. President and CEO of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, 2000- .

A tribute to Peter Lyon, who edited the Round Table from 1983 to 2004, an expert on the Commonwealth, on South Asian and Southeast Asian politics, and on Canadian foreign policy.