Press statement from the presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria for New York on Thursday
for a series of meetings and interactions with notable world leaders
within and on the sidelines of the main events of the 70th Session of
the United Nations General Assembly.
On the agenda of President Buhari's talks, deliberations and
interactions 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 will be 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.
President Buhari who will be accompanied by the Governors of Sokoto,
Kaduna and Niger States, the National Security Adviser and the Permanent
Secretaries in the Federal Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence,
Finance, Health, Industry, Trade and Investment, will deliver Nigeria's
Statement to the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on
Monday, September 28.
President Buhari is also scheduled to address the World Leaders Summit
on Violent Extremism to which he was personally invited by Mr. Ban Ki
Moon during the Secretary-General's recent visit to Nigeria.
Also on the President busy schedule in New York are a 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 participation in the launching of an updated
global health strategy for women and children.
On President Buhari's schedule too are 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.
The President will concluded his visit to New York on Tuesday, September 29 and leave the city for Abuja on the same day.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
September 22, 2015
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Buhari leaves for New York on Thursday for discussion on terrorism and security with World leaders
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