Photo: Collected In his welcome speech, Bangladesh Ambassador to Paris and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to UNESCO Kazi Imtiaz paid homage to the memory of Bangabandhu. The March 7 speech worked as the major source of inspiration for the nine-month long war, the envoy said. He also thanked ambassadors and permanent representatives of all the countries who participated in the event. Ambassadors and permanent representatives at the organisation from Australia, England, France, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Spain, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Kuwait, Russia, China and Bangladesh who speak English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese unveiled the book yesterday, the release adds.