President Bola Tinubu @OfficialABAT heads to New York to attend the 78th UN General Assembly – his first since becoming President.
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| President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu heads to New York City to attend the 78th UN General Assembly. Photo: @NGRPresident |
The theme for this year’s UNGA is, “Rebuilding trust and Reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all.”
On President Bola Tinubu’s schedule in New York are the following:
– delivering his inaugural National Statement on the floor of the United Nations HQ on September 19, 2023
– Participation in High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development discussing sustainable development, climate change, global cooperation, addressing inequalities, and global humanitarian crises.
– Participation in various high-level meetings, including Financing for Development, Pandemic Prevention, Climate Ambition Summit, Universal Health Coverage, and Global Financial Architecture reform.
– Bilateral meetings with world leaders, including EU Commission, Brazil, South Africa, etc.
– Meetings with transnational firms like Microsoft, Meta Technologies, Exxon Mobil, General Electric, etc.
– Address to American business leaders at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
– Conducting NASDAQ closing ceremony. President Bola Tinubu will be the first African President to do so.
– Addressing Nigerian SMEs Business Summit.
