Desk Report
Publish: 19 Sep 2021, 08:52 pm
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina || Photo: Collected
Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina this evening left Helsinki, the capital of Finland, for New York, USA to
attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
"A VVIP chartered
flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG-1902) left the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
for New York carrying the premier and her entourage members at 4:16 pm (local
time)," Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim accompanying her
told BSS from Helsinki.
Bangladesh's Non-Resident
Ambassador to Finland Md Nazmul Islam saw the premier off at the airport, he
said.
The Prime Minister is
expected to reach John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, USA at
6:00 pm local time.
Earlier on September 17,
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Helsinki on her en-route to New York, USA
to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The premier and her
entourage members left the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), Dhaka
for Helsinki at 9:23 am on the same day.
Among others, Foreign
Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and State Minister for Foreign Md Shahriar Alam are
accompanying the premier.
En-route to New York, Sheikh
Hasina made this two-day stopover at Helsinki.
This is the premier's
maiden foreign tour after one and a half years since she visited Italy in
February, 2020.
The prime minister will
stay in New York till September 24 as part of an official visit to attend the
UNGA and a number of high-level events there.
During her stay in New
York, Sheikh Hasina will address the General Debate of the 76th Session of the
United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters on September 24.
The prime minister will
present her address in Bangla like the previous years following the footprint
of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who had delivered his
historic speech at the UN in Bangla in 1974.
On September 20, Sheikh Hasina
will attend a closed-door meeting with a small group of heads of state or
government on climate change to be convened by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Later, she will plant a
tree and dedicate a bench at the UN Gardens in North Lawn of the UN
Headquarters in honour of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman on the occasion of his birth centenary.
In the afternoon, the
prime minister is scheduled to join a virtual programme titled "Sustainable
Development Solutions Network".
On September 21, Sheikh
Hasina will join the General Debate's opening session at the UN Headquarters,
while she will also attend the 'Business Roundtable: US-Bangladesh Business
Council' to be organized by Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA.
On September 22, the
premier will join a high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate
the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action.
Besides, she will participate
in the 'White House Global Covid-19 Summit: Ending the Pandemic and Building
Back Better' and is expected to deliver a speech in the event.
In the afternoon on that
day, Sheikh Hasina will attend a High Level side event on 'Rohingya crisis: Imperatives
for a sustainable solution' and is expected to deliver a pre-recorded speech
there.
On September 23, the prime
minister will attend an 'Event of Leaders' network on 'Delivering on the UN
Common Agenda: Action to Achieve Equality and Inclusion' to be organized by
Swedish Mission to the UN.
She will also join the
Food Systems Summit as part of the decade of action to achieve the sustainable
development goals by 2030 to be convened by the UN Secretary General at the UN
Headquarters.
On the sidelines of the
UNGA in New York, Sheikh Hasina will hold bilateral meetings with a number of
world leaders.
They include Prime
Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Barbados Ms. Mia Amor
Mottley Q.C., Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, Queen M xima of the
Netherlands, President of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and President of
Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phyc.
Besides, she will hold
bilateral talks with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and President of EU
Council Charles Michel.
The prime minister is
scheduled to visit Washington D.C. from September 25-30 after her participation
in the UNGA session and other events in New York.
After wrapping up her USA
visit, Sheikh Hasina is expected to leave Washington for Dhaka on September 30
and will return home on October 1 following a stopover in Helsinki.
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