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CCto:(Notinorderofprecedence)

1. Mr.MostafizurRahman,HonourableMinister,MinistryofPrimaryandMassEducation,Government
ofthePeoplesRepublicofBangladesh,Dhaka.
2. Mr.AbulHassanMahmudAli,HonourableMinister,MinistryofForeignAffairs,Governmentofthe
PeoplesRepublicofBangladesh,Dhaka.
3. Mr. Shamsur Rahman Sherif, Honourable Minister, Ministry of Land, Government of the Peoples
RepublicofBangladesh,Dhaka.
4. Mr.JyotirindraBodhipriyaLarma,HonourableChairman,CHTRegionalCouncil,Rangamati.
5. Mr.BirBahadurUshweSingMP,HonourableStateMinister,MinistryofCHTAffairs,Governmentof
thePeoplesRepublicofBangladesh,Dhaka.
6. Mr. Mohammad Shah Alam MP, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Ministry of CHT
Affairs,GovernmentofthePeoplesRepublicofBangladesh,Dhaka.
7. Mr.NabaBikramKishoreTripura,Chairman,CHTDevelopmentBoard,Governmentofthe Peoples
RepublicofBangladesh,Rangamati.
8. UshatanTalukdar,RangamatiMP.
9. KujendraLalTripura,KhagrachariMP.
10. MizanurRahman,ChairmanofNationalHumanRightsCommission(NHRC)