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Adventures of a UN official

Adventures of a UN Official

Enjoy the thrills and excitement of enchanting irreplicable travel experiences from all corners of the World.
This fairy-tale book is totally different from the traditional travel guides, dealing uniquely with UN Duty Travel focusing on unplanned, accidental, surprise, often thrilling, huge number of episodes which can rarely be replicated by any fun-seeking adventure-loving traveler.

“Iftikhar has chosen to tell not only the pleasures but the unavoidable incidents which accompany the work of someone who could be called a travelling salesman for social justice. In this monograph he demystifies the workings of the international civil service.”
―Kari Tapiola, Formerly Deputy Director-General, International LabourOrganisation (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland.
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“It is an informative as well as an entertaining book. It should help to make the work of international civil servants in the ILO and other organizations in the United Nations system better known and understood.”
―Jack Martin, Formerly, Assistant Director-General, ILO, Geneva.

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About The Author

Iftikhar Ahmed

Iftikhar Ahmed

Iftikhar Ahmed served for three decades at the International LabourOrganisation (ILO) in Geneva finally as Editor-in-Chief of the International Labour Review.

As ILO’s Country Director in Indonesia created history by having all the Core ILO Labour Rights Conventions ratified following the Suharto Dictatorship.

Previously, Post-Doctoral Associate, Iowa State University (USA); Visiting Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (UK); Associate Professor of Economics, Dhaka University.

Iftikhar is the author of 7 books published by reputed British Publishers in the fields of employment, technology, gender, environment and child labour.

He, was elected General Secretary of the first Bangladesh Economic Association and Vice-President, F.H. Hall Union (1964–65) of Dhaka University; Member of the Commune Parliament in Founex, Switzerland (2021-2026).

Iftikhar was the East Pakistan Tennis Champion (1967), Dhaka University Blue; Won Tennis Championships at the Iowa State University and in Founex, Captained the ILO Tennis Team at the UN Games.

Iftikhar is the son of the eminent Educationist, Dr Momtazuddin Ahmed, a founder Vice-Chancellor of Rajshahi University.

Enjoy the thrills and excitement of enchanting irreplicable travel experiences from all corners of the World.
This fairy-tale book is totally different from the traditional travel guides, dealing uniquely with UN Duty Travel focusing on unplanned, accidental, surprise, often thrilling, huge number of episodes which can rarely be replicated by any fun-seeking adventure-loving traveler.

“Iftikhar has chosen to tell not only the pleasures but the unavoidable incidents which accompany the work of someone who could be called a travelling salesman for social justice. In this monograph he demystifies the workings of the international civil service.”
―Kari Tapiola, Formerly Deputy Director-General, International LabourOrganisation (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland.
***
“It is an informative as well as an entertaining book. It should help to make the work of international civil servants in the ILO and other organizations in the United Nations system better known and understood.”
―Jack Martin, Formerly, Assistant Director-General, ILO, Geneva.

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