09/17/2023 07:12:52

PM Hasina leaves for New York to join UNGA

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina embarked on Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight for New York, US to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The flight took off at 10:12am (local time) on Sunday.

 

The flight is scheduled to land at the JKF International Airport, New York at 10:50pm (New York time) on Sunday after a four-hour stopover at the Heathrow Airport in London.

Bangladesh Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Muhammad Abdul Muhith and Bangladesh Ambassador to the US Muhammad Imran will receive the prime minister at the airport.

During her stay in New York from Sunday to Friday, the premier will attend the first day of the high-level General Debate of the 78th UNGA session at the General Assembly Hall of the UN Headquarters on Tuesday while she will address it on Friday between 1pm to 2pm local time.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was also invited to join a dinner hosted by US President Joe Biden on Tuesday as well.

On the sidelines of the UNGA session, she will also attend a number of high-level side events including Rohingya and climate change, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), universal health, and finance alongside taking part in several bilateral and courtesy meetings.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at the curtain raiser press briefing at the foreign ministry on Thursday said: "In her address at the General Debate, the premier will highlight Bangladesh's incredible development advancement, inclusive economic progress, success in the health sector and issues like global peace, security, safe migration, Rohingya crisis and climate justice."

The world leaders will gather in New York to attend the 78th UNGA session under the theme, "Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and the sustainability for all."

The prime minister is expected to deliver a keynote speech at a high-level conference titled "Thought for Food -Collaborating for Food Supply Chain Innovation to Accelerate the SDGs" organised by the UNIDO and Deloitte at Rockefeller Center, New York on Monday.

She will also address another conference titled "SDG Summit -Leaders' Dialogue 4 (strengthening integrated policies and public institutions for achieving the SDGs) at the Trusteeship Council Chamber on the same day.

In the evening, the premier is likely to attend a high-level private dinner to mark the United Nations' 2023 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit hosted by Gordon Brown, UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Global Education and WHO Ambassador for Global Health Financing and Sarah Brown Executive Chair of the Global Business Coalition for Education at Lexington Venue, New York.

On Tuesday, she will also address a high level roundtable titled "Towards a Fair International Financial Architecture" convened by the Spanish prime minister and President of the European Council and European Union (EU) at CR-16, UN Headquarters.

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