President Luis Abinader traveled to New York City with First Lady Raquel Arbaje and several cabinet members to participate in the 79th United Nations General Assembly and related events.
Abinader is scheduled to speak on Monday, 23 September 2024 during a panel on Global Economic Politics at 9am at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel.
At 2:20pm, he will participate in a USAID-organized event on A Future without Lead at Unicef House.
At 3pm he will speak at the Summit of the Future in the General Assembly of the United Nations, ahead of UN General Assembly High-Level Week. The Summit of the Future seeks to forge new consensus around how our international system can evolve to better meet the needs of current and future generations.
Abinader is expected to focus on the ongoing crisis in Haiti, a recurrent topic in his previous UN appearances. Other issues on the agenda will include drug enforcement, crime prevention, disarmament, and the global fight against terrorism in all its forms.
The United States government, that has financed the initial Multinational Security Mission in Haiti announced that country will be insisting the UN take a more active role in funding the restoring of security in Haiti.
Abinader’s participation in the UN Assembly comes at a time when the cash is not happening to fund changes in Haiti, leaving the Dominican Republic, land neighbor to Haiti having to absorb the high cost of the collapse of social services in Haiti. Reports are not that births to Haitians in many provinces is at a 60% Haitians to 40% Dominicans level with many more Haitians giving birth to children than Dominicans.
Meanwhile, other countries in the area have not been successful at incorporating the Haitians. There is the case of the mass migrations to Brazil and Chile that have resulted in an exodus of these to the United States or other countries, after the governments of those countries have not given the new migrants permission to continue their stay in those countries. The United States, likewise, is prompt to deport the Haitian arrivals. Bahamas is well known for its strict policies in accepting and deporting Haitian migration.
After speaking at the UN General Assembly, President Abinader will lead his weekly press briefing from New York City on Monday, 23 September 2024 at 4:30pm from the 3 West Club 51st New York 10018. Several ministers traveled to New York with the President to be present for the press briefing and participate in activites related to the United Nations assembly.
Then at 6pm of the same Monday, 23 September, he will participate in a meeting of heads of government of the Clinton Global Initiative at the New York Hilton Midtown, at 1335 6th Avenue.
The next day, on 24 September, President Luis Abinader will attend the Global Coalition Leaders’ Summit on Synthetic Drugs today at 1:30pm. The summit, organized by US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, will take place at the Intercontinental NY Barclay, located at 111 E 48th St, New York, NY 10017.
Later, at 4pm, the President will participate in a high-level meeting titled “Learning Cannot Wait: A Financing Strategy for Sustainable Education Transformation.” This event will be held in Conference Room 1 at the United Nations.
At 5:30pm, President Abinader will lead an event organized by the Dominican Republic Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Small and Medium Enterprises, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, at the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the UN.
In the evening, specifically at 7pm, he will meet with the Dominican community at Hostos Community College, located at 500 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451.
On Wednesday, 25 September President Abinader is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly at 11am in the General Assembly Hall.
On Thursday, 26 September at 11am, he will meet with a group of high-level investment executives in an event organized by the Council of the Americas, to be held at their headquarters. President Abinader is scheduled to return to Santo Domingo on Thursday.
The summit will include heads of state, ministers, senior UN officials, and representatives from the private sector, civil society, and other stakeholders. World leaders will gather at the UN to adopt the “Pact for the Future,” which will feature a Global Digital Pact and a Declaration on Future Generations as annexes.
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23 September 2024