President Buhari to attend the 71st session of UN General Assembly in New york

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.