PM to address 75th UN General Assembly tomorrow
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will virtually address the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York tomorrow.
"The prime minister is scheduled to deliver her pre-recorded country statement at the UNGA general debate in the UN Headquarters approximately at 10:00am New York time (8:00pm Bangladesh time) tomorrow," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS today.
The prime minister will deliver the speech in Bangla like in the past, following in the footsteps of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he added.
Bangabandhu was the first Bangalee who made history by delivering the first Bangla speech at the United Nations at the 29th UNGA on September 25, 1974.
"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her address will highlight a number of issues, including the Covid-19 pandemic, Rohingya crisis and climate change," Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told a virtual press briefing here on September 21.
He said the premier will highlight matters related to the global Covid-19 situation, equal distribution of potential vaccine and pandemic impact on migrant workers and remittance, as well as climate issues as Bangladesh is the current chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF).
The foreign minister said the prime minister will urge the international community to continue their stand and efforts in resolving the protracted Rohingya issue in line with her four-point proposal that she had placed before the 74th UNGA last year regarding a durable solution of the crisis.
Besides, he said, the premier will also highlight Bangladesh's successes in containing Covid-19, SDG implementation, establishing women empowerment and rights, poverty elevation, anti-terrorism and anti-drug trafficking activities, economic advancement, sustainable democracy and good governance and maintenance of world peace.
The 75th session of the UNGA started virtually from September 21 with the theme "The future we want, the United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism".
For the first time in the UN's 75-year history, the global leaders have joined virtually the annual high-level session of the world's apex platform due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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