Dr. Khalilur Rahman is the High Representative of the Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh on the Rohingya Problem and Priority Issues with the rank of an Adviser.

 

Dr. Rahman joined the United Nations secretariat in 1991 as Special Adviser at the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. During the ensuing 25 years at the UN, he served in different senior positions in New York and Geneva, including as Chief of LDCs programme at the UN secretariat; Chair of UN system interagency group on non- tariff barriers to international trade; and principal coordinator of the programme on new and dynamic sectors of world trade, etc.

 

Dr. Rahman was a lead author of and substantive contributor to several UN flagship publications as well as numerous reports of the UN Secretary-General and the UNCTAD Secretary-General on issues of trade, finance and development. He led the drafting of the Progamme of Action of the Brussels LDCs Conference in 2001 which adopted the historic duty and quota free treatment of the exports of LDCs.

 

Dr. Rahman studied at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University and the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and earned the degrees of MA in Law and Diplomacy and PhD in Economics.