Mr. Priti Sarman - Association of World Citizen, Bangladesh At the beginning of this speech I partially offer my deep congratulations the organising committee on the forum on minority issues and my best thanks and regards to the honourable guest and the [directorate] of the Association of World Citizen [grants]. I, a [...] Buddhist, highly delighter to attend the significant first Inaugural Meeting for the Forum on Minority Issues. We are very few minority Buddhists in Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh is providing all the necessary facilities, such as the fundamental right to education, culture and religious opportunity. The minority children are getting all the best [needs] from the Bangladesh government. The international NGOs and the local NGOs are providing all the basic needs not only to minority students but also to all of the students. The Bangladeshi Buddhist is now the [...] position have no issues as to develop to [redirect] the education and develop the culture. The Bangladesh government have had all the parity especially to education and taken the responsibility to educate [directly] at the grass-root level. I like to give a very simple statement about the minority community in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh the minority is very few. And are living [...] position, have no support to develop their core existence. I believe that the organising community folding Forum on Minority Issues will take the fact into sympathetic consideration in coming future. I give my best thanks to the organising committee and my best thanks to all honourable guests and thank you all today.

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