United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General Dr Natalia Kanem arrives today on a four-day visit, reports UNB. During her first visit to Bangladesh as Executive Director of UNFPA, she will engage in conversations on Bangladesh's current maternal health, family planning, adolescent and youth, gender equality and population issues. Dr Natalia Kanem makes her first visit to Bangladesh as Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. Dr Kanem became UNFPA head in October 2017 with the rank of United Nations Under-Secretary-General, according to UNFPA office.

During her brief visit, she will meet with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim and Foreign Affairs Minister AH Mahmood Ali.

She will also have consultative meetings with UN agencies, development partners, civil society and media to share her views on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.