DHAKA, Sept 20, 2018 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for
London tomorrow morning en route to New York on a weeklong official visit to
the United States to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA).
The prime minister will address the 73rd Session of the UNGA at the UN
Headquarters in New York in the evening (local time) of September 27 and have
a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres the same day, PM’s Press
Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS today.
On the sidelines of the UNGA, she will also hold bilateral meetings with a
number of world leaders including Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid and
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
The Bangladesh premier will attend a Welcome Reception to be hosted by US
President Donald J. Trump, while US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is
expected to call on Sheikh Hasina, the press secretary said.
The premier will attend a number of important events and highlight the Rohingya issue in the upcoming UNGA, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said in a press conference here today.
The prime minister will receive two international awards by Inter Press Service and Global Hope for her contribution to Rohingya refugees and conducting peaceful diplomacy for permanent solution to the Rohingya crisis, he added.
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier will depart
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here for the British capital tomorrow
morning.
The flight is scheduled to arrive at Heathrow Airport in London at 3:55 pm
local time the same day.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Nazmul Qaunine will receive the
premier at the airport.
After making nearly a two-day stopover in the British capital, the prime
minister will leave London for New York on Sunday morning by a British
Airways flight.
The flight is scheduled to reach Newark Liberty International Airport, New
Jersey at 1:40 pm local time.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Mohammad Ziauddin and Bangladesh
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Masud Bin Momen will
welcome the premier at the airport.
After the reception at the airport, a ceremonial motorcade will escort the
prime minister to Hotel Grand Hyatt New York, where she will be staying
during her visit to the USA.
On the first day of her visit to the USA, the premier will attend a
reception to be accorded to her by the Bangladesh community in the United
States at Hotel New York Hilton Midtown in the evening.
The premier will begin the second day of her visit by joining the High-
level Event on Global Call to Action on World Drug Problem.
The Permanent Mission of the United States to the UN will arrange the
event at the UN Headquarters (UNHQ).
The prime minister will take part in a group photo session prior to
statements by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US President Donald
Trump.
The premier will later join the High-level Event on the ‘Global Compact on
Refugees: A Model for Greater Solidarity and Cooperation’, to be organised by
the UN High Commissioner for Refugees at ECOSOC Chamber in the UNHQ.
Sheikh Hasina will hold a meeting with her Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte at
the Bilateral Meeting Booth, UNHQ.
The premier will attend a Luncheon Roundtable Meeting to be organised by
the US Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Grant Hyatt New York.
In the afternoon, the premier is scheduled to address the Nelson Mandela
Peace Summit at the General Assembly Hall.
She will attend the Sustainable Development Impact Summit in New York, to
be organized by the World Economic Forum at the Convene Conference Centre in
New York.
Sheikh Hasina will attend a Roundtable Discussion on Investment for
Education of Women and Girls, convened by the Prime Minister of Canada in the
Conference Room 11, UNHQ.
She will join a High-level Event titled Making Impossible Possible:
Unlocking Human Potential through the International Finance Facility for
Education to be organized by the UN Special Envoy for Global Education in the
Conference Room 3, UNHQ.
In the evening, the Bangladesh premier will attend a Welcome Reception to
be hosted by US President Donald J Trump at Lotte New York Palace Hotel.
On September 25, Sheikh Hasina will take part in a High-level Side-Event
on Cyber Security and International Cooperation, organised by the Permanent
Mission of Bangladesh and UN Office on Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in the
Conference Room 3, UNHQ.
The premier will attend an Official Luncheon to be hosted by the UN
Secretary General at North Delegates Lounge, General Assembly Building.
In the afternoon, she will join the UN Secretary General’s High-level
Event on Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) at Trusteeship Council Chamber, UNHQ.
On September 26, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, UN High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi and High Representative of
the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini will
separately call on the premier at the Bilateral Meeting Booth, UNHQ.
The prime minister will have a meeting with Estonian President Kersti
Kaljulaid at the same place.
On September 27, Sheikh Hasina will attend a High-level Side-Event on the
Situation of Rohingya Minority in Myanmar, to be organised by the Permanent
Mission of Saudi Arabia and the OIC Secretariat in the Conference Room 12,
UNHQ.
She will have a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the
Secretary General’s Meeting Room, UNHQ, while President of International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer will call on the premier at
the Bilateral Meeting Booth, UNHQ.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to call on the Bangladesh
prime minister the same day.
The premier will attend a High Level Discussion on “Economic Growth through
Women’s Empowerment” to be hosted by the President of Lithuania in the
Conference Room 3, UNHQ and expected to join a reception accorded by the
Inter-Press Service (IPS) at UNHQ.
The Bangladesh prime minister will address the 73rd Session of the UN
General Assembly at the UNHQ in the evening and join the Annual Dinner of the
Global Hope Coalition at Park Avenue, New York.
On September 28, the premier will address a press briefing at Bangladesh
Permanent Mission in New York.
The prime minister will return home in the morning on October 1 via
London, the press secretary said.