Buhari To Attend 71st Session Of UNGA In New York
President Muhammadu Buhari[/caption]
President Muhammadu Buhari will participate in a five-day 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) beginning on Monday.
The President is set to depart Nigeria for New York on Sunday.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.
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The statement said that the president would deliver Nigeria’s statement at the opening of the General Debate of the Assembly on “The Sustainable Development Goals: A Universal Push to Transform Our World.”
He revealed that the Buhari would also attend a high-level summit to be hosted by the UN, on “Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants’’.
“The summit, which is the first of its kind organised by the General Assembly at the Heads of State and Government level, is expected to come up with a blueprint for a better international response to enhance protection of migrants and refugees.
Adesina said that while in New York for the annual gathering of world leaders, the president would attend series of meetings as well as side events, which were of significant interest to Nigeria.
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He added that the president would equally participate in an event hosted by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, on “Ending Need in the Lake Chad.’’
“On the margins of the 71st UNGA, President Buhari will sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and participate in activities commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of the Right to Development.
Adesina said the president will lead discussions at the United States-Africa Business Forum devoted to investing in Nigeria. He would hold bilateral meetings with some world leaders in furtherance of his administration’s commitment in ameliorating the plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country.
The Special Adviser also said the discussions would focus on the president’s longstanding commitment to returning peace and security in the North-East of Nigeria, adding that part of the discussions would focus on restoring calm to the Niger Delta, and attracting more investments to develop critical infrastructure and revamp the Nigerian economy.
