President Muhammadu Buhari will
participate in the 71st session of the United
Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from
September 19-23, 2016 in New York, United
States.
The President will deliver Nigeria’s
statement at the opening of the General
Debate of the Assembly, on the theme:
The
Sustainable Development Goals: a Universal
Push to Transform our World.”
He will also attend a high-level summit,
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.
While in New York for the annual gathering
of world leaders, President Buhari will attend
series of meetings as well as side events,
which are of significant interest to Nigeria.
He will deliver a keynote address on “Taking
Climate Action Towards Sustainable
Development in Nigeria and the Lake Chad
Basin.”
Leaders of member countries of the Lake
Chad Basin will attend this important side
event organised by the Nigerian government
to highlight the urgent need to mobilise
international response to the distressing
situation in the Lake Chad Basin, where over
nine million people need humanitarian
assistance.
The President will 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..
The Nigerian leader will attend the Clinton
Global Initiative as well as the United
Nations Private Sector Forum on Business
and Global Goals organised by the Secretary
General.
He will lead discussions at the United States-
Africa Business Forum devoted to investing
in Nigeria.
Before returning to Nigeria, President Buhari
will hold bilateral meetings with some world
leaders in furtherance of the administration’s
commitment in ameliorating the plight of
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the
country.
The discussions will also focus on the
President’s longstanding commitment to
returning peace and security in the North-
Eastern part of Nigeria, restoring calm to the
Niger Delta and attracting more investments
to develop critical infrastructure and revamp
the Nigerian economy.
FEMI ADESINA
Special Adviser to the President
(Media& Publicity)
September 16, 2016
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