Bangladesh has been elected as a member of the Islamic Human Rights Council of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
The other members from Asia are Turkey and Iran.
Bangladesh has also been elected as the vice-president of the OIC, the world's largest body of Muslim-majority nations. Other vice-presidents are Palestine and Nigeria.
Mauritania, the host country, got elected as president of the 57-nation OIC.
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen attended the 49th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC between March 16 and March 17 in Nouakchott.
