New Permanent Representative of Bangladesh Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

Tareq Md. Ariful Islam, the new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Before his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Islam had been serving as High Commissioner at the Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka, since 2020.  Prior to that, he served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York from 2016 to 2020.  He also served at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York as First Secretary and then Counsellor from 2005 to 2009. 

Mr. Islam served at the Bangladesh High Commission in Kolkata, India, from 2009 to 2012.  He has held other posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka. 

Throughout his career, Mr. Islam has undergone a variety of professional training courses, including in water resources management at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand (2015); international trade promotion at the International Trade Institute of Singapore (2003); and cypher training at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka (1999), among others.

Mr. Islam has a master’s degree in diplomacy and trade from Monash University in Australia (2002) and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (1993).  He is married with two daughters.

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