PM Shehbaz Sharif to address UNGA on Sept 23, highlight action on climate change threat

The FO says that Prime Minister Shehbaz will participate in high-level discussions at UNGA from September 19 to 23.
Prime Minister Shehbaz will outline concrete proposals to collectively address the existential threat posed by climate change.
He will also share Pakistan’s position and perspective on regional and global issues of concern, including Jammu and Kashmir.

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will address the 77th session of the National Assembly. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September 23.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said in a statement that in his address to the United Nations General Assembly, the Prime Minister’s attention will be focused on the challenges faced by Pakistan in the context of the recent climatic disasters in the country.

PM Shehbaz It will outline concrete proposals to collectively address the existential threat posed by climate change. He will also share Pakistan’s position and approach on regional and global issues of concern, including Jammu and Kashmir, one of the long-standing unresolved conflicts on the UN agenda.

The spokesperson of the Foreign Office said that Prime Minister Shehbaz will participate in a high-level discussion at the United Nations General Assembly from September 19 to 23.

The Prime Minister will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, other cabinet members and senior officials.

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the Prime Minister will attend the Global Food Security Summit jointly hosted by the African Union, the European Union and the United States, and the closed-door leaders’ meeting at COP-27. I will participate in which selected world leaders will be brought together for dialogue. climate change.

The Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts of various countries, the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary General of the United Nations as well as the heads of international organizations, IFIs and charitable organizations.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will also interact with international media.

FM Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will also have an extensive schedule, in which he will attend various high-level meetings and events, bilateral meetings with several of his counterparts, media and think tank interactions, apart from the G-77 and China. The foreign ministers will preside over the annual meeting. Annual Coordination Meeting of OIC Foreign Ministers, and participation in the meeting of the OIC Coordination Group on Jammu and Kashmir.