Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister joins UN General Assembly in New York
By Rashid Shirinov
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has started his working visit to New York to attend general debates of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly.
Elmar Mammadyarov will make a speech in general debates of the Session, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s press service reported.
Moreover, he will take part at various conventions including Annual Coordination Meeting of the Foreign Ministers (FMs) of the OIC Member States, 8th Ministerial meeting organized by the Friends of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Informal Meeting of the Council of FMs of the BSEC Member States, Informal Meeting of the Council of FMs of the Turkic Council, and Ministerial Meeting of the UNAOC.
The 71st Regular Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 71) has begun at UN Headquarters on September 13, 2016 in New-York, U.S.
One of the main issues to be considered at the Session are Summit for Refugees and Migrants on Sept. 19, Annual general debate of “The Sustainable Development Goals: a universal push to transform our world” on Sept. 20-26, and High-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance on Sept. 21.
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