Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a meeting with Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Adhanom Ghebreyesus. They two met and held a meeting at the United Nations headquarters.
The Prime Minister is in New York to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Earlier, the Prime Minister and his entourage arrived in New York at 8:42 AM Bangladesh time on Monday (September 18). A British Airways flight carrying them landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Mohammad Abdul Muhith and Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Imran welcomed the Prime Minister with flowers at the airport.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines VVIP flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage arrived in London at 9:05 pm (Bangladesh time) on Sunday (September 17). After a four-hour layover at London’s Heathrow Airport, the Prime Minister left for New York. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport one day after 10 am. At that time, the members of the cabinet, the heads of the three forces, the secretaries and the senior officials bid farewell to the Prime Minister at the airport.
Apart from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, world leaders will gather in New York to attend the 78th UNGA session. The theme of this international conference is ‘Rebuilding Trust and Restoring Global Solidarity: Accelerating Actions to Implement the 2030 Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals Towards Peace, Prosperity, Progress and Sustainability for All’.
During his stay in New York, the Prime Minister will attend the first day’s high-level debate of the 78th General Assembly session at the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters on September 19. He will speak on September 22 between 1 pm and 2 pm local time.
Foreign Minister Dr. in a press conference last Thursday. AK Abdul Momen said that in the general debate, the Prime Minister will highlight Bangladesh’s incredible development progress, inclusive economic progress and success in the health sector as well as world peace, security, safe migration, Rohingya crisis, climate and justice in his speech.
Apart from attending the UN General Assembly session, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to attend a number of high-level bilateral and courtesy meetings on Rohingya crisis, climate change, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and universal health and finance during the visit.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at a high-level conference on ‘Thinking for Food – Collaborating to Accelerate SDGs to Innovate Food Supply Chains’ organized by UNIDO and Deloitte at Rockefeller Center in New York on Monday. The Prime Minister is expected to return home on October 4.
