She conferred Bangladesh’s “Friends of Liberation War Honour” award on the late Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
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Also on the delegation are the Ministers responsible for Foreign Affairs, Interior, Communications and Trade & Industry.
From Tuesday 20 September to Monday 26 September, world leaders will address the annual general debate under the theme of The “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): a universal push to transform our world”.
That evening, the president and first lady will attend a reception organised by US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
This would also be the final general debate for current UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, whose term ends on December 31.
On Sep 22, the prime minister is scheduled to meet Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann and later join the inaugural session of the Global Deal Initiative organised by the Swedish prime minister.
THE sessions of the General Assembly will be held from today until the 23rd at the UN Headquarters.
She will also address a press conference in the Bangladesh mission in NY on that day.
While in NY, the leader of Nepali delegation and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Mahat will address the General Assembly and attend high-level meeting on addressing large movement of refugees and migrants as well as a side-event on Regionalism and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday left for NY concluding her four-day visit to Canadian city of Montreal and begin the second leg of her 11-day tour to North American countries with a busy schedule.
