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PM-VISIT-USA 2 LAST DHAKA
On September 26, the prime minister will have meetings with Alex V. Volkov,
Chairman, ExxonMobil LNG Market Development Inc, Irina Bokova, ex-director
general of UNESCO, Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
and ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at the Bilateral Meeting Room, Lotte New
York Palace Hotel.
Sheikh Hasina will attend Luncheon Roundtable Meeting, to be organised by
the US Chamber of Commerce at the Holmes, Lotte New York Palace the same day.
She will also be present at the event ‘An evening with Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina’ to be organized by UNICEF at the Labouisse Hall, UNICEF House.
On September 27, Sheikh Hasina will attend the High-level Side-Event on
“Sustainable Universal Health Coverage: Comprehensive Primary Care Inclusive
of Mental Health and Disabilities” to be organised by the Permanent Mission
of Bangladesh at the Conference Room 1, UNHQ.
The prime minister will deliver the country statement in the 74th Annual
General Debate of the UN General Assembly the same day.
On September 28, she will address a press briefing at the Permanent Mission
of Bangladesh in New York and join a reception to be accorded to her by the
Bangladesh community in New York at Hotel Marriott Marquis.
Sheikh Hasina will have bilateral meeting with UN Secretary General
Antonio Guterres at the UN Secretariat.
The prime minister will receive two global awards during the UNGA
for Bangladesh’s great success in vaccination and youth skill development.
“Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunization (GAVI) has expressed its
keen interest to confer an award named ‘Vaccine Hero’ on Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina in recognition of Bangladesh’s outstanding success in
vaccination,” Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told a press conference on
Wednesday.
Besides, he said, UNICEF will honour the premier with an award titled
‘Champion of Skill Development for Youth’ on the sidelines of the UNGA
session.
The foreign minister said an event styled ‘An evening to honour Her
Excellency Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’ will be organized to confer the
award.
Moreover, the premier will give interviews to a number of renowned
international media including the VOA, the Washington Post and the Wall
Street Journal.
On September 29, the prime minister will leave New York for Dhaka via Abu
Dhabi by an Etihad Airways flight at 9pm (local time).
She will arrive at Abu Dhabi International Airport at 8pm (local time) on
September 30.
The prime minister will depart from Abu Dhabi International Airport at
10:45pm (local time) for Dhaka by a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The flight will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in
Dhaka in the early morning on October 1.
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