Christodoulides to address UN General Assembly during New York high-level week
President Nikos Christodoulides will hold meetings with foreign leaders, UN officials and energy executives during the UN high-level week in New York.
New York, United States. President Nikos Christodoulides departed Athens on Saturday for the United Nations high-level week, where he will address the General Assembly and hold a series of meetings.
Meetings and General Assembly programme
Christodoulides’ contacts will begin on Sunday evening with a meeting with heads of Greek diaspora associations to discuss developments on the Cyprus problem.
On Monday, he will meet Jordanian King Abdullah II and later attend a summit co-organised by European Council President Antonio Costa and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The summit will focus on multilateralism, international law, peace and prosperity.
On Tuesday, Christodoulides will attend the opening of the General Assembly’s plenary session, which will be opened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Bangladeshi diplomat Khalilur Rahman, the elected president of the General Assembly, will be the second speaker. Rahman was elected to the role by 99 votes to 91 against Cyprus’ Andreas Kakouris. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be the first head of state to speak, in keeping with tradition, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be the fourth head of state to address the Assembly.
Energy and Cyprus problem contacts
On Tuesday afternoon, Christodoulides will meet Chevron’s base assets and emerging countries chairman Javier La Rosa.
He will then meet UN Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela Holguin at 6pm local time on Tuesday, or 1am Cyprus time on Wednesday.
Christodoulides is scheduled to address the General Assembly on Wednesday at around 12.30pm local time, or 7.30pm Cyprus time. He will then take part in a high-level climate change summit organised by Guterres and meet ExxonMobil vice president John Ardill.
Security Council meeting
On Thursday, Christodoulides will attend a working breakfast organised by Greek media company Antenna Group and American international affairs think tank the Atlantic Council. Discussions will focus on consolidating cooperation between the European Union and the Gulf for regional security and prosperity.
He will meet Guterres at 10.55am local time, or 5.55pm Cyprus time, before hosting a meal for representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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