For the 70th Session
General Assembly meeting of the United Nations Nigeria president Buhari is
amongst the world leader to attend.
Buhari is expected to
deliver Nigeria’s Statement to the 70th Session of the United Nations General
Assembly on Monday.
The president would be
accompanied by the Governors of Sokoto, Kaduna and Niger States, the National
Security Adviser, Babagana Mongonu and the Permanent Secretaries in the Federal
Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Finance, Health, Industry, Trade and
Investment.
There would also be a
series of meetings and interactions with notable world leaders within and on
the sidelines of the main events.
President Buhari will also
hold talks and interact with the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki
Moon, President Barack Obama of the United States, President Francois Hollande
of France, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, Chancellor Angela Merkel of
Germany, President Vladmir Putin of Russia, President Xi Jinping of China,
Prime Minister Narenda Modi of India and others on domestic developmental
issues, bilateral relations, the war against terrorism, countering violent
extremism, the enhancement of global security,
peace-keeping operations, climate change and the adoption of a post 2015 global development agenda.
Besides that, he will also
address the World Leaders Summit on Violent Extremism for which he was
personally invited by Mr. Ban Ki Moon during the Secretary-General’s recent
visit to Nigeria.
The president will also
participate in the meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, a
High-Level Roundtable on South-South Cooperation organised by President Xi
Jinping of China and the United Nations, and launching of an updated global
health strategy for women and children in New York.
A statement from the State
House, Abuja on Tuesday added that on “President Buhari’s schedule too were
meetings with former President Bill Clinton of the United States, Mr. Bill Gates
of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which is assisting Nigeria in several
areas including polio eradication, and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown of
Britain, the United Nations Special Envoy on Global Education who is one of the
main drivers of the Safe Schools Initiative.”
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