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India-Bangladesh enclaves agreement a model for the world: Sheikh Hasina
September 30, 2015byEditorialEditorial
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India-Bangladesh enclaves agreement a model for the world: Sheikh Hasina

 Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina  held up the India-Bangladesh agreement on enclaves as an example for the  world in solving problems.

 
 Speaking on Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly, Hasina said the  implementation of the boundary agreement "brought to a peaceful end the lingering humanitarian situation" of 50,000 stateless residents in 162 enclaves. 
 
 "By doing so jointly with India, we have a unique precedent for  the world," she said.
 
 Hasina listed terrorism along with climate changes as the twin greatest  threats to the sustainability of human civilisation. She recalled her  personal experiences saying that she had been the target of 19 terror  attacks and her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and her mother had been  killed by extremists.
 
 "My government, therefore, maintains a 'zero tolerance' policy to all  forms of terrorism, violent extremism and radicalisation," she said. 
 
 "We  are steadfast in tackling the extremists and the anti-liberation forces  who remain active in destroying the democratic, progressive and secular  ethos of our nation."
 
 Hasina also reiterated her determination to punish war criminals  – an  issue to which some Western nations have been lukewarm. In the spirit of  upholding peace and the rule of law and  ending the culture of impunity,  Hasina said, "We are pursuing the culprits of war crimes, crimes against  humanity, rape and genocide committed during our 1971 Liberation War."
 

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