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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