Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka today for New York to attend the 69th session of the UN General Assembly with about 180 people as members of her entourage.
The prime minister will stay in New York until September 28.
Hasina would deliver her speech in Bangla at the UNGA on September 27. The theme of this session is Delivering on and Implementing a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda.
In addition to a series of UN events, Hasina will have sideline meetings with head of governments of India, Norway, Nepal, Qatar, Belarus, Chile and other countries.
Hasina will attend the Climate Summit 2014 and speak about her government’s initiatives on adaptation in Bangladesh and the need for finance, technology and capacity in this regard.
The United States will arrange a Peacekeeping Summit on September 26 where Hasina will be one of the co-chairs. The other co-chairs are US Vice-President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Ruanda President Paul Kagame.
She will also attend a programme of Global Education First Initiative as Bangladesh is one of the champion countries among GEFI members.
The Bangladesh mission in the UN will organise a programme at the UN headquarters to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bangladesh’s membership in the UN.
Foreign, finance, health, expatriate, environment and food ministers, parliament members including former foreign minister Dipu Moni, senior government officials, eminent citizens including journalists, and a business delegation will accompany the prime minister.
Hasina since January 5 visited Myanmar, China, Japan and the United Kingdom.
