PM flies to NY today to join UNGA
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka today for New York for an eight-day official visit to the USA to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
She will deliver the country statement at the UNGA 74th Annual General Debate on September 27.
During the visit, the prime minister will hold bilateral meetings with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on September 24 and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on September 28.
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Abu Dhabi in the afternoon.
The flight will land at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE at 6:30pm (local time).
After a one-day stopover, the PM will fly to New York by an Etihad Airways flight at 10:30am (local time) on September 22.
She will arrive at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York at 4:25pm (local time) the same day. Bangladesh Ambassador to USA Mohammad Ziauddin and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Masud Bin Momen will receive her.
On September 23, Hasina along with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will co-chair the multi-stakeholder panel, to be held in parallel to the high-level meeting on universal health coverage at UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Besides, the PM is expected to present the national statement at the plenary session of the high-level meeting on universal health coverage at Trusteeship Council.
She will also deliver a statement at the climate action summit in the UN General Assembly Hall and attend an event on “Recognizing political leadership for immunization in Bangladesh”.
On September 24, the prime minister will hold a bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at the Kennedy Room, Lotte New York Palace Hotel.
She will also have a meeting with Queen Maxima, the UN secretary-general’s special advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, at the UN Headquarters Booth.
The PM will attend a side event to be hosted by Global Commission on Adaptation at Conference Room-7, UNHQ, and a state luncheon to be hosted by the UN secretary general at North Delegates Lounge.
Hasina will also join a high-level side-event on the situation of Rohingyas in Myanmar to be organised by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh and the OIC Secretariat at Conference Room 11, UNHQ.
The prime minister will attend an event on “Leadership Matters -- Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in the Contemporary World” at ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ, and a reception to be hosted by US President Donald J Trump at Lotte New York Palace.
On September 25, the premier will co-moderate a leadership dialogue on “Localizing the SDGs” at a high-level political forum on sustainable development (SDG summit) at the Trusteeship Council.
She will also participate in an event -- “A conversation with Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina: Interactive Dialogue” -- at the Council on Foreign Relations.