PM leaves for NY tomorrow to attend 78th UNGA session
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for New York tomorrow to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members will depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9:45am.
The flight is scheduled to land at the JKF International Airport, New York at 10:50pm (New York time) on September 17 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 USA Muhammad Imran will receive the prime minister at the airport.
During her stay in New York from September 17 to September 22, 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 September 19 while she will address it on September 22 between 1:00pm to 2:00pm local time.
Hasina was also invited to join a dinner hosted by US President Joe Biden on September 19.
On the sidelines of the UNGA session, she will also attend a number of high-level side events involving issues such as the Rohingya and climate change, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), universal health, and finance. She will also take part in several bilateral and courtesy meetings.
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 September 18.
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.
On September 19, Hasina will 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.
On the same day, she will attend a high level side event on community clinic based on medical services, co-organised by Bangladesh, Antigua and Barbuda, Bhutan, China, Malaysia, Chatham House and Suchona Foundation at CR-11, UNHQ.
The following day, the prime minister will address as keynote speaker along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a high-level debate on Financing for Development (FfD) titled "Scaling up affordable and accessible international public financing for sustainable development and ensuring efficiency" at the Trusteeship Council Chamber.
On the same day, she will also attend the secretary general's Climate Ambition Summit; high level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response; annual meeting of UNGA Platform of Women Leaders; high-level thematic session of Climate Ambition Summit; and signing of the agreement under the UN Convention on the law of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ).
On September 21, she will attend a high-level side event on the Rohingya crisis hosted by Bangladesh, Canada, Gambia, Malaysia, Turkey, the UK, and the US alongside joining the Breakfast Summit on "Addressing the Existential Threats Posed by Sea-level Rise", and a high-level meeting on universal health coverage.
During the visit, UN secretary-general, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UN secretary-general's genocide adviser, the newly elected International Organization for Migration (IOM) director-general, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general and International Atomic Energy Agency director-general will pay courtesy calls on the prime minister.
The Bangladesh premier is likely to hold bilateral meetings with Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen and President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe at Bilateral Booth, UNHQ.
After attending the events, she will leave New York for Washington DC at 9:00am on September 23 where she will stay till September 29.
She will then leave for London at 10:45pm (Washington time) by a British Airways flight (BA-292) and will arrive at London's Heathrow Airport at 11:00am on September 30.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK) Saida Muna Tasneem will receive her at the airport.
The prime minister will depart from London's Heathrow Airport for Dhaka by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG 208) at 8:35pm (London time) on October 3 and will arrive at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at 12:30pm (Bangladesh time) on October 4.
Sourcce: BSS