Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will head for New York on Saturday 16/09/2023 to represent Egypt in the high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly meetings (UNGA 78).
On September 23, Shoukry is scheduled to deliver Egypt’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
Shoukry’s agenda also features high-level summits and events of particular importance, including the Sustainable Development Goals Summit and the Climate Ambition Summit.
The Egyptian top diplomat will preside over the Transitional Committee on Loss and Damage ministerial conference, as well as the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum, which Egypt co-chairs with the European Union.
Shoukry will speak before the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) and the US Council on Foreign Relations, and meet with officials from the World Economic Forum.
Minister Shoukry is expected to attend the Future Summit preparatory ministerial meeting, the coordination meeting of Arab foreign ministers, and the ministerial meeting of Sudan’s neighbouring countries, as well as the ministerial meeting to support the humanitarian response in Sudan and the region, which Egypt organizes in collaboration with several international partners.
Also, Shoukry will participate in the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Ministerial Meeting of the Peacebuilding Committee, the Tripartite Meeting (Egypt-Cyprus-Greece), and the Palestinian Aid Coordination Committee (AHLC) meeting, in addition to the European/Arab Ministerial Meeting.
The General Assembly is the main policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. It is composed of representatives of all Member States of the UN, which meet in sessions dedicated to discussions on current issues of critical importance to the international community.
The theme of this year’s session will be “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all”. The first day of the High-Level General Debate will be Monday, 25 September 2023.
Source: State Information Service Egypt