President Yoweri Museveni is in New York for the 71st United Nations General Assembly currently taking place at the United Nations Headquarters.
The assembly is running under the theme: “The Sustainable Development Goals: a Universal Push to Transform our World."
The President was received by Uganda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr. Richard Nduhuura and Uganda’s Ambassador to the United States Oliver Wonekha at the J F Kennedy International Airport last evening.
He is in company of the First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Museveni.
The United Nations General Assembly is an annual event that convenes leaders from around the world; from Heads of State and Government to corporations, to advance solutions to today’s global challenges.
This year, it expected todiscuss key issues including the question of refugees, climate change, progress made on the sustainable development goals, strengthening global health and advancing gender equality, among others.
The President will deliver a keynote address at the East African Community Heads of State and Chief Executive Officers’ roundtable hosted by the United States Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker.
According to state house, Museveni will later join other Heads of State at the opening of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly after which he will attend a leaders summit on refugees hosted by American President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Pierre James Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Swedish Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, King Abdulla of Jordan and the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki Moon.
