MD. SHAHIDUL HAQUE

Sr. Fellow, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), North South University, Bangladesh

– Sr. Advisor on Migration and Humanitarian Policy, International Organization for Migration, Bangladesh
– Former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh

SUMMARY OF KEY EXPERIENCES AND COMPETENCIES

Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
• Foreign Secretary (Senior Secretary)
Dhaka, Bangladesh Jan 2013 – Dec 2019
✓ Longest serving Foreign Secretary of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh  (2013 – 2019)
✓ Led Bangladesh delegation to all Foreign Office Consultations with countries.
✓ Accompanied Prime Minister of Bangladesh to all bilateral and multilateral conferences
including 7 UNGA meetings in New York. (2013-2019)
✓ Negotiated, on behalf of Bangladesh, many agreements including with Myanmar on Rohingya issue.
✓ Chair of the Bangladesh National Task Force for Forcefully Displaced Myanmar Nationals (2013 – 2019)
✓ Special Envoy on Migration of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh (2019)
✓ Led the Joint Working Group between Bangladesh and Myanmar for repatriation of Rohingyas (2017-2019)
✓ Chair of Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Summit, held on 2016, hosted in Dhaka
✓ Instrumental in proposing and drafting the UN global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration adopted in UNGA in December 2018. (2017-2018)
✓ Chair of the Platform for Disaster Displacement (PDD), hosted PDD annual meeting in 2019 in Dhaka. (2018-2019)
✓ Designed and Implemented the Bangladesh- EU Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the return of stranded Bangladeshis from European countries. (2017)
✓ Board Member to the Geneva based Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (2017 – 2019)
✓ Acting Principal, Foreign Service Academy, Bangladesh (2014 – 2015)

EDITED BOOKS:

The Migration Myth in Policy and Practice
Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
✓ Co-Authored  2020

Trainers Manual on Labor Migration Management
IOM-OSCE
✓ Contributed a chapter

• Member of the Editorial Board of IOM World Migration Report 2010

• Training Guide on Essentials of Migration Management IOM

✓ Contributed a chapter 2004

• In Quest of a Multilateral Arrangement for Movement of Service Providers South Center, Geneva 2001

• Bangladesh Country Paper on Refugees and Displaced Persons
Presented at Commonwealth Inter-Governmental Group on Refugees and Displaced Persons, London 1997

• A Blueprint for Peace and Prosperity (M. A. Thesis) The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation,
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, USA

• Order of Rio Branco
Government of Brazil
✓ For leadership role in strengthening Bangladesh – Brazil relations 2018 

• IOM Director General’s Award IOM
✓ In recognition of outstanding and committed services to IOM 2005

• Hon’ble Mention for Robert B. Steward Prize
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
✓ For high academic achievements 1988

• Dhaka University Chancellor’s Award
✓ Securing first position in B.S.S Social Welfare 1983 (Awarded in 1987)

• Dhaka University Grants Commission Scholarship
✓ Securing first position in Social Science Faculty of University 1983

• Dhaka University Chancellors’ Gold Medal
✓ Best essay in Dhaka University Essay Competition

Fellow – Conflict Resolution
Center for International Understanding, Missouri, USA 1992

• Masters in International Relations Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy,
Tufts University, USA
Distinction 1988

• Masters in Social Welfare
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh First in First Class 1983

• Bachelors in Social Welfare University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
First in First Class 1982

North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Sr. Fellow South Asian Institute of Policy and
Governance (SIPG) Jan 2020 – Present

Foreign Service Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh 

• Acting Principal 2015 –  2016

• Vice Principal
✓ Developed and conducted courses for
Foreign Service Officers on probation 1997 – 1998

• Migration and Refugee
• Rohingya Issues
• Climate Change and Displacement
• Sustainable Development
• Human and Labor Rights
• Negotiation