Yunus leaves for NY tonight to attend UNGA session

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave for New York Sunday night to attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

The Chief Adviser will reach New York on September 22 and address the UN General Assembly session on September 26, Chief Adviser's Senior Assistant Press Secretary Foyez Ahammad told BSS yesterday.

Professor Yunus is scheduled to return home on October 2, he said.

Earlier, on September 17, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain at a briefing said that four political leaders will join the Bangladesh delegation this year.

They are BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP leader Humayun Kabir, Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Amir Syeed Abdullah Muhammad Taher, and National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Akhter Hossen.

In his speech, the Chief Adviser is expected to reflect on the government's activities over the past one year and reaffirm the interim administration's commitment to restoring democracy through reforms and free and fair elections slated for February next year, Touhid Hossain said.

He also said this year's UNGA is especially significant for Bangladesh as on September 30, the UN will host for the first time a High-Level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar.