Highlights
- Jaishankar’s US go to from September 18-28 will embody journey to Washington DC after UNGA session.
- India’s priorities throughout 77th UNGA may also be guided by its core international coverage targets.
- India’s present two-year tenure at the UN Security Council ends in December this 12 months.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has arrived right here for the high-level UN General Assembly session, with a packed diplomatic week forward that may embody greater than 50 official engagements together with bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral conferences. Jaishankar arrived in New York Sunday to take part in the high-level 77th session of the UN General Assembly, which kick-starts September 20 with the opening of the General Debate.
“#IndiaAtUNGA. Delighted to welcome our External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar who’s now right here to attend the 77th Session of the @UN General Assembly #UNGA. He will co-host & take part in a number of bilateral, plurilateral & multilateral conferences throughout this hectic week,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj stated in a tweet.
Counter-terrorism, peacekeeping, reformed multilateralism, local weather motion, and equitable entry to COVID19 vaccines might be among the many key focus areas for India throughout the high-level UN General Assembly session that begins this week right here. Jaishankar will deal with world leaders from the UNGA podium on September 24, after a packed week of greater than 50 official engagements together with bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral conferences at the high-level session and on the sidelines.
Jaishankar’s first day of engagements will embody a number of bilateral conferences, together with with counterparts from Albania, Malta, Egypt, and Indonesia in addition to President of the 77th UNGA Session Csaba Korosi. He may also headline the France–India–UAE trilateral. India’s Permanent Mission to the UN had stated in a video posted on Twitter that the 5 S’s – Samman (Respect), Samvad (Dialogue), Sahyog (Cooperation), Shanti (Peace), and Samriddhi (Prosperity) – set out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi might be India’s “guiding light” in its method to the 77th session of the General Assembly.
It stated India will proceed to showcase commitments and achievements in women-led improvement, notably ladies’s management and political participation at the grassroots degree, connect better prominence to points referring to counter-terrorism and interact substantively in issues referring to peacekeeping as a serious troop-contributing nation. It may also give attention to reformed multilateralism, dedication to local weather motion, equitable, inexpensive entry to vaccines, and strengthening engagement with fellow growing nations by means of the India-UN Development Partnership Fund and IBSA Fund in the spirit of South-South cooperation.
“India’s priorities during 77th UNGA will also be guided by its core foreign policy objectives, including supporting and enhancing overall domestic socio-economic growth and strengthening security in its immediate neighborhood, and leading collective global action, in line with the vision” of Modi, the video stated. Jaishankar’s US go to from September 18-28 may also embody a visit to Washington DC after the UNGA session. While in New York, he’ll meet with UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
The Ministry of External Affairs stated in an announcement that in preserving with India’s robust dedication to reformed multilateralism, Jaishankar might be internet hosting a Ministerial assembly of the G4 (India, Brazil, Japan, Germany), in addition to take part in the High-Level Meeting of the L.69 Group on “Reinvigorating Multilateralism and Achieving Comprehensive Reform of the UN Security Council”.
The L.69 Group consists of growing nations from Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Small Island Developing States, centered on reforms of the UN Security Council. During the go to, he would additionally take part in plurilateral conferences of the Quad, IBSA, BRICS, India – Presidency Pro Tempore CELAC, India-CARICOM, and different trilateral codecs, comparable to India-France-Australia, India-France-UAE, and India-Indonesia-Australia. He may also have bilateral conferences with Foreign Ministers of the G20 and UNSC member states, amongst others.
Commemorating and showcasing ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, he would deal with a particular occasion “India@75: Showcasing India UN Partnership in Action” on September 24, which might spotlight India’s improvement journey and its contributions to South-South Cooperation. The occasion is anticipated to be addressed by the President of the 77th UNGA, together with Foreign Ministers of a number of member states, and UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner.
In Washington DC from September 25-28 for bilateral conferences with US interlocutors, Jaishankar will maintain discussions together with his counterpart Secretary of State Antony Blinken; senior members of the US Administration, US enterprise leaders, and interplay with the Indian Diaspora. The “visit would enable a high-level review of the multifaceted bilateral agenda and strengthen cooperation on regional and global issues to further consolidate the India-US strategic partnership.” India’s present two-year tenure at the UN Security Council ends in December this 12 months when India might be President of the Council.
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