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Ambassador Waliur Rahman Waliur Rahman
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Fellow Oxford 1993, 1994 Dhaka University, Bangladesh Trinity College, Oxford Presented thesis on International politics, International Law, worked on International Criminal Law & Law of the Sea.
Occupation(s)	A career Diplomat Joined Pakistan Foreign Service in 1966 In 1971, during War of Liberation, resigned from Pakistan Government in Switzerland in protest against illegal arrest of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and Army burn and kill action in Dhaka. Set up Bangladesh govt. office in exile in GENEVA on behalf of Mujibnagar Government.

Waliur Rahman born in September 30, 1940 in a respectable Muslim family in Jhenaidah , in an enlightened village called Kancherkole. His Late father Al-Hajj Dr. Habibur Rahman was Medical Practitioner, Businessman and philanthropist. His grandfather was disciple of Haji Shariatullah an Islamist Reformer. He was given title of Faraizi because of his creative role in spreading true value of Islam. His maternal Grandfather was a Judge of Calcutta Court. His late mother Mrs. Firoza Rahman. Grandmother was a Persian scholar.

Early Life and Career

Chairman, Bangladesh Heritage Foundation, National Security & Counter Terrorism, Center for Genocide & De-radicalization Research, Democracy, Security and Human Rights Research. Former Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Special Envoy of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (1997-1998) Joined Pakistan Foreign Service in 1966. He resigned in Geneva in 1971, in protest against the Pakistan military action in Bangladesh and declared allegiance to the Mujibnagar Govt. Former Director, Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA). As Special Envoy of the Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited South Africa to fetch President Nelson Mandela to Bangladesh on the occasion of Silver Jubilee of celebration. Chairman Yaseer Arafat of Palestine and President Suleyman Demirell of Turkey also attended the ceremony as guests of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

In 1972 he was involved in fine-tuning the Law of International Crimes (Tribunal) with assistance of International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Ian McDermott and Prof. Jescheck and Prof. Otto Von Triffter, Max Plank Institute of International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Baden Baden, West Germany. They assisted Justice Jackson, chief Prosecutor of Nuremberg Trial for prosecuting the German Leaders who committed history’s worst genocide, the holocaust, gassed and killed over six million jews.

Education

Year	Description
1993 1994	Fellow Oxford
1965	Dhaka University , English Literature, History, Economic (Later Philosophy) Trinity College, Oxford Presented thesis on International politics, International Law, worked on International Criminal Law and Law of the Sea.

Career

1. Former Pakistan Foreign Service Officer before Independence of Bangladesh- 2. During the war of Liberation, I resigned from Pakistan Government in Geneva/Berne and worked for Mujibnagar Government. Political refugee for 9 months. 3. Served in Indonesia. Posted to Switzerland. First Head of Mission setup Permanent Mission to UN in Geneva,1971-1975. Served at Organization of Islamic Conference 1978. 4. Served in Switzerland, Geneva, New York, Deputy Ambassador to the Security Council and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York.(1979-1982) 5. Speaking at the Security Council during the China – Vietnam war. 6. Speaking at UNGA 7. Served as Ambassador in Rome, Tunisia and Switzerland.(1986-1992) 8. Former Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 9. Assisted Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2009 in setting up the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTBD) to try war criminals who committed crimes of Genocide and Crimes against humanity during war of liberation in 1971.Organized a day-long Orientation Course for the Judges, Prosecutors and Investigators under Bangladesh Heritage Foundation Banner. 10. Working as Aide of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for ICTBD. 11. In my diplomatic service, I spent half of my carrier at the United Nations System – New York and Geneva. 12. At Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) Edited a) Single Currency in South Asia b) Roundtable on New Regionalism and South Asia c) Transit and Transshipment d) Judicial Training in the New Millennium e) Bangladesh Journal of Law: A Special Issue dedicated to Criminal Justice System: a joint publication of BILIA and Department of Justice, Govt. of Canada.

Memberships

1. Life Member of International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), London.

2. Associate Member of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC.

3. Life Member of Oxford University Society.

4. Life Member of Bangla Academy.

5. Life Member of Asiatic Society.

Paper Presentation

1. Contributed papers at CHATHAM HOUSE, Asia Programme Meeting

Title: Terrorism: Threat to Democracy, Freedom and Liberty

2. Contributed papers at STIMSON CENTER, September 28, 2006

Title: Transnational Security Challenges Impact of Climate Change on Bangladesh

3. Contributed paper at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) on Bangladesh in 2007

4. Contributed papers at The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) on September 7-9, 2007

Title: Transnational Terror Links: Case of Bangladesh

5. Contributed papers at Heritage foundation, Washington DC, in 2007

Title: Politics of Islam in South Asia

6. Cited in: Who's who in the United Nations and related agencies. (1975). New York: Arno Press. P-465

7. Cited in: Pragnell, M. O., & Castle, H. (1991). The International year book and statesmen's who's who, 1990. East Grinstead, West Sussex, England: Reed Information Services. P- 515

Publications

1. Forgotten War: Forgotten Genocide. ISBN-978-984-33, 2359-0

2. ইতিহাসের শেষ দেখা: বঙ্গবন্ধুর সাথে ২৭ দিনের একান্ত আলাপচারিতার একটি দলীল। ISBN- 9789 84 04 1908 1

3. Transition to Democracy Kaleidoscope of a Changing World. ISBN- 978 984 8815 18 2

4. UN: We Believe In

5. A Decade of Bangladesh in the UN;

6. Allume Le Lamp Dorre, B.A. Numero 1863

7. Kutnoitic Bishaw : A Diplomats Diary

8. Translated contemporary Bangla Poems of recognized Bangla Poets into French. Bangla Academy sponsored it.

9. Editor of the Journal of International Affairs and Editor of an Anatomy of BILIA Judicial Training with Difference.

10. Bangla translation of the poems of Yevgeni Yuvteschenko and Pablo Neruda. Now in the works.

11. Monograph on National Security and Development Council

12. Monograph on A Brief History of the Framing of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973. ISBN- 978 984 33 0346 2

13. Midnight Sonata : A Memoir ( in the works) 14. Working on book on Pakistan: Genocide in Bangladesh Final solution to the Bengali question.

15. Edited Ten years of Bangladesh in the United Nation 1974-1984. Features, inter alia, address of the Father of the nation at the UNG25, 1974. UN Publication:

I also worked in the committee set up by United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim and later by Perez De Queller on a Global Disarmament Study Group– “Economic and Social Consequences of Arms Race and Military Expenditure”. The committee ceased to function following the end of Cold War. (1945- 1989).

Books

1. Rahman, W. (2011). Forgotten War: Forgotten Genocide. Dhaka: University Press Ltd. ISBN: 978 984 33 2359 0

2. Rahman, W. (2017). Bangabandhu: Itihasher Shesh Dekha. Dhaka: Agamee Prakashani. ISBN: 9789840419081

3. Rahman, W. (2011). Transition to democracy: Kaleidoscope of a changing world. Dhaka: University Press Limited. ISBN: 9789848815182

4. Rahman, W. (2000). UN We Believe and Other Essays. Dhaka: University Press Ltd. ISBN: 984 05 1674 4

5. Rahman, W. & Chowdhury, L. M. (2012). Kutnoitic Bishaw : A Diplomats Diary. Dhaka: Pathos Book.

6. Rahman, W. (2009). A brief history of the framing of the International Crimes (Tribunal) Act, 1973: Incorporated in the Constitution as genocide act. Dhaka: Bangladesh Heritage Foundation. ISBN 978-9843303462

7. Rahman, W. (2008). National Security and Development Council: Building Safeguards Against Black Swan. Dhaka: Bangladesh Heritage Foundation. ISBN: 984 300 002330 0

8. Rahman, W. (1986). L'anthologie des poèmes Bangladeshi contemporains. Dhaka: Bangla Académie. B.A. Numero 1863

9. Ershad, H. M. (1985). Allumez La Lame Doree. (W. Rahman, Trans.). Dhaka: Zenith Packages Limited.

10. Rahman, W. (Ed.). (2004). Transit and Transshipment. Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs- BILIA. ISBN: 984 32 1752 7

11. Rahman, W. (Ed.). (2004). Single Currency in South Asia. Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs- BILIA. ISBN: 984 32 1751 79

12. Rahman, W. (Ed.). (2004). Roundtable on New Regionalism and South Asia. Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs- BILIA. ISBN: 984 32 1753 5

13. Rahman, W. (Ed.). (2004). Third International Criminal Law. Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs- BILIA. ISBN: 984 32 0293 1

14. Kibria, S.A.M.S., Rahman, W. & Ashrafuzzaman (Eds.). (2000). President William Jefferson Clinton's Journey for Democracy Development and Cooperation in South Asia. Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs- BILIA. ISBN: 1027 9040

15. Rahman, W. & Bashar, I. (Eds.). (2009). Journal of International Affairs. Vol. 13 No. 1, Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs- BILIA. ISBN: 1027 9040

16. Rahman, W. (Ed.). (2002). Third International Criminal Law Conference, Dacca, 26-29 December 1974. Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs- BILIA. ISBN: 984 32 0293 1

17. Rahman, W. (Ed.). (2007). Role of the Armed Forces in Strengthening Democracy. Dhaka: Bangladesh Heritage Foundation.

18. Momen, N., Rahman, W. & Reza, K. A. (Eds.). People’s United Nations: Twenty-five Years of Bangladesh in the United Nations. Dhaka: UNIC Dhaka.

Articles

1. Rahman, W. (September 01, 2001). Culture, Tradition and Modernisation in South Asia. South Asian Survey, 8, 2, 203-211.

2. Rahman, W. (1987). The Role of the United Nations in The Emergence and Security of Small States. In M. A. Hafiz & A. R. Khan (Eds.), Security of Small States (pp. 252-259). Dhaka: University Press Limited (UPL).

3. Rahman, W. (1999). United Nations and Bangladesh: Early Days. In N. Momen, W. Rahman & K. A. Reza (Eds.), People’s United Nations: Twenty-five Years of Bangladesh in the United Nations (pp. 45-60). Dhaka: UNIC Dhaka.

4. Numerous of articles published in National Media.

5. Presented papers at the, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) London, International Law Institute (ILI) Washington DC, National Defense University (NDU) Washington DC, Heritage Foundation , Washington DC.

Bangabondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman stops at Geneva on his way back to Dhaka, August 10, 1973. He attended Commonwealth Summit at Ottawa, 2-10 August 1973. In Geneva he addressed Bangladesh Envoys Conference at Hotel La Réserve. Pakistan resigned in protest against admission of Bangladesh to the Commonwealth. Secretary General Arnold smith played a crucial role in our admission process.

Waliur Rahman seeks political asylum in Switzerland after resigning from Pakistan Embassy, 1971.

Handing over Pakistani Diplomatic Passport and recived Swiss Refugee Document.

May 17, 1972 Bangladesh was admitted to the World Health Organization, the US agency to admit her with record number of votes in the history of WHO.

Waliur Rahman addressing the UN General Assembly

General Assembly UNGA

Lady Mountbatten of Burma, Daughter of Last vice Roy in India, seen with Ambassador Waliur Rahman in New York -1988

UN Publication

He also worked in the committee set up by United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim and later by Perez De Queller on a Global Disarmament Study Group– “Economic and Social Consequences of Arms Race and Military Expenditure”. The committee ceased to function following the end of Cold War. (1945- 1989).

Statements at UN

1. Rahman, W. (1980, November 3). Speech presented at United Nations General Assembly Thirty-Fifth Session, First Committee, 25th meeting held on 3 November 1980. (Record No. A/C.1/35/PV.25). New York, NY: United Nations.

2. Rahman, W. (1980, November 24). Speech presented at United Nations General Assembly Thirty-Fifth Session, First Committee, 40th meeting held on Monday, 24 November 1980. (Record No. A/C.1/35/PV.40). New York, NY: United Nations.

3. Rahman, W. (1980, December 2). Speech presented at United Nations General Assembly Thirty-Fifth Session, First Committee, 50th meeting held on Tuesday, 2 December 1980. (Record No. A/C.1/35/PV.50). New York, NY: United Nations.

4. Rahman, W. (1979, December 14). Speech presented at United Nations Security Council Thirty-Fourth Year, 2179th Meeting: held on Friday, 14 December 1979. (Security Council Official Record No. S/PV.2179andCorr.1). New York, NY: United Nations.