Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for New York today to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines VVIP flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9:45 am.
After a four-hour layover at Heathrow Airport in London, the flight is scheduled to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York at 10:50 PM (New York time) on September 17.
Bangladesh Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Muhammad Abdul Muhith and Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Muhammad Imran will receive the Prime Minister at the airport.
During her stay in New York from September 17 to 22, the Prime Minister will attend the high-level general discussion on the first day of the 78th General Assembly session at the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters on September 19. She will address the General Assembly session on September 22 between 1pm and 2pm local time. The Prime Minister will also attend a dinner hosted by US President Joe Biden on September 19.
Apart from attending the General Assembly session, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend several high-level bilateral and courtesy meetings on Rohingya crisis and climate change, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), universal health and finance.
Earlier, the Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen in the press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "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 her speech."
World leaders will gather in New York to attend the 78th session. The theme of this year's international conference is 'Rebuilding Trust and Restoring Global Solidarity: Taking Action to Implement the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals by Accelerating Peace, Prosperity, Progress and Sustainability for All.'
The Prime Minister is expected to deliver a keynote address at a high-level conference on 'Thinking Food - Collaborating to Accelerate SDGs in Food Supply Chain Innovation' organized by UNIDO and Deloitte at Rockefeller Center in New York on 18 September. On the same day, she will also address another conference titled 'SDG Summit-Leaders' Dialogue 4 (Strengthening Integrated Policy and Public Institutions to Achieve the SDGs) at the Trusteeship Council Chamber.
In the evening, the Prime Minister will deliver a high-level private address on the occasion of the UN 2023 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit hosted by the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Global Education and WHO Envoy for Global Health Financing Gordon Brown and Sarah Brown, Executive Chair of the Global Business Coalition for Education at the Lexington Venue in New York.
The Prime Minister will also address a high-level roundtable meeting on 'Towards a Fair International Financial Architecture' between the Prime Minister of Spain and the President of the European Council and the European Union (EU) at CR-16 of the UN headquarters on September 19.
On the same day, Sheikh Hasina will also attend a high-level side event on medical services based community clinics jointly organized by Bangladesh, Antigua and Barbuda, Bhutan, China, Malaysia, Chatham House and Suchana Foundation at CR-11 at the UN Headquarters.
On September 20, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will be the keynote speaker at a high-level discussion at the Trusteeship Council Chamber on Financing for Development (FFD) titled 'Enhancing Affordable and Accessible International Public Financing and Ensuring Efficiency for Sustainable Development'.
On the same day, she will attend the Secretary-General's Climate Ambition Summit, the High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, the Annual Meeting of the UN Platform for Women Leaders, the High-Level Climate Thematic Conference on Climate Ambition as well as the UN Convention on the Law of Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction.
On September 21, the Prime Minister will attend a high-level side event on the Rohingya crisis hosted by Bangladesh, Canada, Gambia, Malaysia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as a breakfast summit on 'Tackling the threat 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, Genocide Adviser to UN Secretary General, newly elected Director General of International Organization for Migration (IOM), Director General of World Health Organization (WHO) and Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency will pay a courtesy call on the Prime Minister.
Bangladesh Prime Minister will hold a bilateral meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the UN headquarters.
The Prime Minister will leave New York for Washington DC at 9 am (New York time) on September 23. She will be in Washington from September 23 to 29.
The Prime Minister will leave Washington DC for London on a British Airways flight (BA-292) at 10:45 pm (Washington time) on September 29 and arrive at Heathrow Airport in London at 11:00 am on September 30. It's at the airport will be welcomed by Saida Muna Tasnim, High Commissioner of Bangladesh appointed to the UK.
The Prime Minister will depart London's Heathrow Airport for Dhaka on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG208) flight at 8:35 pm (London time) on October 3 and arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on October 4 at 12:30 pm (Bangladesh time).