<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>Dear Friends in Media </div><div>Greetings.  </div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">You know that, the Core Humanitarian Quality and Accountability Standard (CHS) is a standard developed to enhance the quality and accountability of aid. CHS <u></u><u></u>is currently undergoing a global revision. Today, in Dhaka, we held the Bangladesh Revision along with a roundtable discussion. Attached are the Bangla and English press releases and event photos. The English press release is titled:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none"></span><div style="clear:both"><br></div><div style="clear:both"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:18pt">Humanitarian Actors Call for Strengthening Rights of<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:18pt">People and Accountability in Aid</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:15pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p></div><br><span style="color:#000000;font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none"></span><div style="clear:both"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">We kindly request you to consider publishing this news in your esteemed news media.<u></u><u></u></p><div style="clear:both"><br></div></div></div><div><div><br>Thank you and Sincerely Yours <br><br></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"></div>Sincerely <br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Mustafa Kamal Akanda (he/his/him) <br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Director- Administration & SR</span><br></div><div>COAST Foundation<br></div><div>Mo: +8801711455591 <br></div><div>skype:kamalakanda<br><a href="http://www.coastbd.org" target="_blank">www.coastbd.net,</a><br><a href="http://www.equitybd.net" target="_blank">www.equitybd.net<br></a></div><div><a href="http://www.equitybd.net" target="_blank">www.radiomeghna.net<br></a></div><div><span><font color="#888888"><span><span>COAST has Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC</span></span></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>