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President arrives in N.Y. to lead Pakistan delegation to UNGA
President Asif Ali Zardari flew into New York Sunday night to lead Pakistan’s delegation to the 64th session of U.N. General Assembly during which world leaders will debate issues of peace and security. The President, who traveled by a commercial flight, was received at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport by Pakistan’s U.N. Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon, the envoy to the United States, Husain Haqqani, and senior officials of the Pakistan Mission to the U.N. and the Consulate General in New York. ...........
President Zardari will address the U.N. General Assembly on Sept 25 and participate in a Summit-level meeting of major troop and police contributing countries being convened by the President Obama for a review of UN peacekeeping operations. With around 11,000 troops, Pakistan is one of the largest troop troop contributors, constituting 11% of the total UN Peacekeeeping force. “We welcome the initiative of President Obama in convening a summit- level conference of troop contributing countries,” Haroon said. “We hope this conference will go a long way in creating a better understanding about the role of peacekeeping”. More than twenty heads of State/government and representatives from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ghana, France, United kingdom, the United Staes, Russia and China are likely to attend the conference. ................
Meanwhile, the Azad Kashmir prime minister will raise the Kashmir issue at a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to be held on margins of the assembly.
On Thursday, UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon, who will attend the meeting, called for supporting President Zardari’s government as it fights terrorism. The President’s bilateral meetings will be with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodrigues, Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkende, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdallah Bin Zayid Al Nahyan.
.............President Zardari will address the U.N. General Assembly on Sept 25 and participate in a Summit-level meeting of major troop and police contributing countries being convened by the President Obama for a review of UN peacekeeping operations. With around 11,000 troops, Pakistan is one of the largest troop troop contributors, constituting 11% of the total UN Peacekeeeping force. “We welcome the initiative of President Obama in convening a summit- level conference of troop contributing countries,” Haroon said. “We hope this conference will go a long way in creating a better understanding about the role of peacekeeping”. More than twenty heads of State/government and representatives from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ghana, France, United kingdom, the United Staes, Russia and China are likely to attend the conference. ................
Meanwhile, the Azad Kashmir prime minister will raise the Kashmir issue at a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to be held on margins of the assembly.
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Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India to meet in New York on Sept. 26
Pakistan and India are ready to resume dialogue process and foreign secretaries of the two countries will meet on September 26 followed by foreign ministers’ level talks on September 27 in New York on the sidelines of General Assembly session of the United Nations. Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir while talking to APP on Monday confirmed the meeting with his Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao will be held on September 26 in New York.
The Foreign Secretary, who will leave for New York on September 24, said the meeting between two foreign secretaries will be in accordance with the decisions and joint statement issued following the meeting of two prime ministers at Sharm ul Shaikh.
The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India will then meet on September 27 to discuss the agenda being prepared by the two foreign secretaries, said the Foreign Secretary.
Salman Bashir said, “The meetings between foreign secretaries and foreign ministers of Pakistan and India in New York are the follow up of the summit meeting held in Sharm ul Sheikh.”
He hoped that these meeting will pave the way to formal launch the already stalled peace process between the two countries.
Referring to the agenda of the meetings of the two foreign secretary and foreign ministers, the Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said, “All the issues between the two countries including terrorism and the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir will be discussed in these meetings.”
The Foreign Secretary, who will leave for New York on September 24, said the meeting between two foreign secretaries will be in accordance with the decisions and joint statement issued following the meeting of two prime ministers at Sharm ul Shaikh.
The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India will then meet on September 27 to discuss the agenda being prepared by the two foreign secretaries, said the Foreign Secretary.
Salman Bashir said, “The meetings between foreign secretaries and foreign ministers of Pakistan and India in New York are the follow up of the summit meeting held in Sharm ul Sheikh.”
He hoped that these meeting will pave the way to formal launch the already stalled peace process between the two countries.
Referring to the agenda of the meetings of the two foreign secretary and foreign ministers, the Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said, “All the issues between the two countries including terrorism and the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir will be discussed in these meetings.”
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UNGAAFP UNGA 2009