Bangladesh, Jan. 21 -- The Cosmos Foundation has announced the appointment to the membership of its Advisory Board of Dr Danilo Turk, former President of the Republic of Slovenia.

Dr Turk , a globally renowned expert on international law and human rights, is a European Statesman who was President of the Republic of Slovenia between 2007 and 2012.He was the first Slovenian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 1992 and 2000. He was also a senior international civil servant having served as Assistant Secretary General at the United Nations for Political Affairs from 2000 to 2005.

Dr Turk visited Bangladesh in early 2020 and delivered an address as part of the the Cosmos Foundation's Distinguished Speakers' ...