File 024185
UN General Assembly 67th Session - Presidential Schedule and Events (File 024185)
Official itinerary for a presidential delegation attending the 67th United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 18-December 20, 2012, including bilateral meetings, receptions, and private dinners with international dignitaries.
Summary
This document is an official schedule for a nation's presidential delegation during the 67th UN General Assembly in New York in September 2012. The itinerary details daily activities from September 21-26, including working breakfasts, bilateral meetings with UN officials and foreign ministers, attendance at UN sessions on rule of law and sustainable energy, receptions at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and private dinners. The schedule includes logistics such as hotel locations (Helmsley Hotel), flight numbers, motorcade compositions, and attendee lists for various state functions and diplomatic meetings.
PROGRAMME FOR 67th UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
18 SEPTEMBER – 20 DECEMBER 2012
NEW YORK
Friday, 21 September 2012
08.30 AM: Working Breakfast hosted by Ireland, Mary Robinson
□ Location: One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 885 2nd Ave. 19th floor
□ PR
03.00 PM: Shabeen’s Arrival
□ Location: JFK
□ Flight # QR 83
Saturday, 22 September 2012
02.15 PM: President Arrives In JFK
□ Flight # EK 201
□ Composition of the motorcade.
□ Car 1: President + First Lady
□ Car 2: PR + Counsellor Javed
□ Departs to Helmsley Hotel, 42nd street between 2nd and 3rd Ave
06.47 PM: H.E. Mohamed Rasheed Arrives
□ Flight #UA 81
□ Received by Javed
08.00 PM – 10:30 PM: Presidents Private Dinner
□ Helmsley Hotel
Sunday, 23 September 2012
08:00 AM – 09:00 AM: Breakfast with Maldivian Delegates
□ Helmsley Hotel
12:30 PM – 01:30 PM: Presidents Private Lunch
□ Helmsley Hotel
02.10 PM – 2.25 PM: Bilateral with the Secretary- General.
□ Location: 3rd Floor NLB, UNHQ (Walking distance)
□ President+ Foreign Minister + State Minister + AG+ PR+ Aliny
06.00 PM: South-South Awards
□ Location: The Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, New York
□ PR
08.00 PM – 10:30 PM: Presidents Private Dinner Event – Jeffrey Epstine
□ Composition of the motorcade.
□ Lead car: President
Monday, 24 September 2012
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Breakfast with Maldivian Delegates
□ Helmsley Hotel
08.15 AM – 10.00 AM: Peaceful Settlement of Conflict, hosted by Netherlands (TBC)
□ Location: Delegates Dining Room, UN Headquarters.
□ Foreign Minister
10.00 AM – 05.00 PM: High Level Segment on Rule of Law
□ Location: UN Headquarters. (Walking distance)
□ 20th speaker, apprx 11.40 am
□ President+ Foreign Minister + State Minister + AG+ Ambassador Rasheed +PR
12:30 PM – 01:30 PM: Presidents Private Lunch
□ Helmsley Hotel
01.15 PM – 02.45 PM: High Level Lunch Event on Women’s Access to Justice, hosted by
UN Women, HoD of Finland and South Africa (TBC)
□ Location: Ambassador’s Riverview, UN Headquarters.
□ AG
02.00 PM- 02.30 PM: Jamaica Foreign Minister (Confirmed)
□ Location: TBC
□ Foreign Minister
03.00 PM- 06.00 PM: High-level meeting on sustainable energy for all. (Confirmed)
□ Location: NLB 2 UNHQ.
□ Environment Minister+ Di (Speaking slot 10)
04.00 PM- 04.45 PM: UNDP Administrator.
□ Location: bilateral booth at the UN.(Walking distance)
□ President+ Foreign Minister + Environment Minister + AG + Ambassador Rasheed + PR
06.15 PM: Depart Hotel to President Obama’s Reception
07.00 PM: Obama’s Reception (Confirmed)
□ Location: Starlight Roof, The Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, New York
□ President + First Lady
08.00 PM – 11:00 PM: Presidents Private Dinner
□ Helmsley Hotel
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
7:00 AM – 7:30 AM: Breakfast with Maldivian Delegates
□ Helmsley Hotel
07.30 AM: Depart from Hotel to UNHQ (Walking distance)
08.00 AM – 08.50 AM: Welcoming reception hosted by the Secretary-General
□ Location: Indonesian Lounge, UNHQ
□ President + First Lady
09.00 AM: Opening of the General Assembly
□ Location: UNHQ
□ President+ Foreign Minister + Environment Minister + AG + State Minister+ PR
11.30 AM – 12.00 PM: Meeting with Commonwealth Deputy Secretary General, Mrs.
Mmasekgoa Masir- Mwamba. (Confirmed)
□ Location: Commonwealth Joint Office Large Conference room.
□ State Minister+ Aliny+ Di
01.15 PM: Luncheon in honour of Heads of State hosted by the Secretary
-General
□ Location: Visitors Lobby, UNHQ
□ President
03.00 PM- 03.35 PM: Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Bachelet.
□ Location: 220 East, 42nd Street, 19th Floor.
□ President+ State Minister + Environment Minister + AG+ Nee
03.30 PM: Shiaan arrives in JFK
□ Flight # BA 1588
□ …………..
04.00 PM: Tea Reception hosted by Mrs. Ban Soon-taek for spouses.
□ Location: SG’s Residence, 3 Sutton Place and 57th Street.
□ First Lady
04.00 PM- 04.30 PM: Canada Foreign Minister (Confirmed)
□ Location: TBC
□ Foreign Minister
04.30 PM- 05.00 PM: U.K, Allister Burt (Confirmed)
□ Location: TBC
□ Foreign Minister
04.45 PM- 05.15 PM: UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake
□ Location: UNICEF Building, 13th Floor
□ President+ Foreign Minister + State Minister + Ambassador Rasheed + PR +Aliny
06.00 PM – 07.30 PM: Reception hosted by Prime Minister of Australia
□ Location: Ambassador’s Riverview, UN Headquarters
□ President + Foreign Minister + PR
EVENING UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s Every Women Every Child reception (TBC)
Venue: New York Museum of Modern Art
Rishfa: please provide details!
08.00 PM – 11:00 PM: Presidents Private Dinner
□ Helmsley Hotel
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast with Maldivian Delegates
□ Helmsley Hotel
09:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Deepening Democracy: A Strategy for Improving the Integrity of
Elections Worldwide
□ Location: One UN plaza, Riverview room 28th floor
□ ……
9.00 AM – 11.00 AM: Museum Tour hosted by Mrs Ban Soon-taek
□ Location: Morgan Library 225 Madison Ave. + 36th street
□ First Lady
09.30 AM- 11.00 AM: 2012 Launch of the Climate Vulnerability Monitor
Invitation received from Prime Minister of Bangladesh
□ Location: Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street)
□ President + Foreign Minister + Environment Minister+ PR
11.30 AM- 12.00 PM: Tanzania Foreign Minister
□ Location: bilateral booth at the UN.(Walking distance)
□ President +Foreign Minister + State Minister+ AG + PR+ Aliny
01.15 PM – 03.00 PM: South Africa Reception, hosted by the President of South Africa
□ Location: Ambassador’s Riverview, UN Headquarters.
□ Head of Delegation+ Foreign Minister + PR
01:15 PM – 02:30PM LDC Agenda in a Post Rio+20 Perspective
□ Location: NLB 2, UNHQ
□ Ministerial Level
01:15 PM – 02:30PM Freedom of Religion or Belief: An Individual’s Choice
□ Location: NLB 3, UNHQ
□ Ministerial Level
03.00 PM- 03.30 PM: Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister
□ Location: bilateral booth at the UN.(Walking distance)
□ President + Foreign Minister + State Minister + Amb Rasheed + PR + Aliny
03.00 PM- 06.00 PM: Parliaments and the Rule of Law: Toward Justice for
All, Organized by IPU(Confirmed)
□ Location: Conference room 3 NLB, UNHQ
□ Nihan+ AG+ Shabeen
04.15 PM – 05.00 PM: Meeting with Commonwealth Secretary General, H.E Mr.
Kamalesh Sharma.
□ Location: Commonwealth Joint Office Large Conference room.
□ President+ Foreign Minister + State Minister + AG+ PR+ Aliny
05.00 PM: Visit to the Permanent Mission of Maldives
□ Location: 800 2nd Ave. 4th Floor
□ President+ Entire Delegation
06.00 PM – 08.00 PM: Reception hosted by Luxembourg, in honor of His Royal Highness
Grand Duke Henri. (TBC)
□ Location: Permanent Mission of Luxembourg, Luxembourg House, 17 Beekman Place, NY 10022
□ President + PR
06.00 PM – 08.00 PM: Reception hosted by E.U, Inaugurating new premises. (TBC)
□ Location:666 Third Avenue, 31st floor, NY 10017
□ Foreign Minister+ Javed
06.30 PM – 08.30 PM: Reception hosted by U.A.E, hosted by the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of U.A.E (TBC)
□ Location: Morgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Ave.
□ Environment Minister
08.30 PM: Cyprus: Musical Philoxenia hosted by the President of Cyprus
□ Location: Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater, 1941 Broadway on 65th street.
□ President+ PR+ FM+ Spouses
11.00 PM – 12:00 AM: Presidents Private Dinner
□ Helmsley Hotel
Thursday, 27 September 2012
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast with Maldivian Delegates
□ Helmsley Hotel
08.00 AM – 09.30 AM: Increase Peace through Mediation, co-hosted by Finland and
Turkey (TBC)
□ Location: Consulate General of Finland, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 250, New York, NY
□ Ministerial Breakfast
09.00 AM- 09.30 AM: Vanuatu Prime Minister
□ Location: bilateral booth at the UN.(Walking distance)
□ President + Foreign Minister+ State Minister +AG+ PR +Aliny
09:00AM – 11:30AM Fifth Annual World Focus on Autism
□ Location: The Prestigious Roosevelt House
□ First Lady
10:00AM – 11:30AM Feed the Future: Partnering with Civil Society hosted by the
President of Malawi and Hillary Clinton.
□ Location: The Empire Room, Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Ave.
□ President, Foreign Minister and PR
10.00 AM- 10.45 AM: Palestine Foreign Minister (Confirmed)
□ Location: Booth Requested
□ Foreign Minister+ PR+ Javed+ Nee
10:00 AM – 01:00 PM: The Civil Society and the Education on Human Rights
□ Location: NLB 5, UNHQ
□ AG+ Shabeen+ Javed+ Nee+ Di
11:00AM – 01:30 PM: High-Level launch of United Nations Guidance for Effective
Mediation
□ Location: 821 UN Plaza 8th floor
□ Foreign Minister
12:30 PM – 01:30 PM: President Private Lunch
□ Helmsley Hotel
03.00 PM – 09.00 PM: General Debate
□ Location: General Assembly, UN Headquarters
□ Approx. 4 pm
□ President+ Foreign Minister + State Minister + AG+ PR+ Ali Rasheed
□ Maldives has the 4th speaking slot.
03.00 PM – 06.00 PM: 2nd AOSIS Leaders Summit
□ Location: Helmsley Hotel
□ President+ Environment Minister + Hassan
06.30 PM: Sierra Leone Foreign Minister
□ Location: bilateral booth at the UN.(Walking distance)
□ President +Foreign Minister + State Minister+ AG + PR+ Aliny
06.30 PM – 08.30 PM: Reception hosted by Nauru (Chair of AOSIS)
□ Location: Helmsley Hotel
□ President+ Environment Minister + PR
06.30 PM – 08.30 PM: Reception hosted by Indonesia (TBC) (Need to RSVP)
□ Location: 325 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016
□ Foreign Minister + PR
06.30 PM – 08.30 PM: Art for Reconciliation, reception hosted by Georgia
□ Location: Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73 street NY 10023
□ PR
08.30 PM – 11:00 PM: Presidents Private Dinner Event
□ Helmsley Hotel
Friday, 28 September 2012
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast with Maldivian Delegates
□ Helmsley Hotel
09.00 AM – 10.30 AM: CMAG Meeting
□ Location: Australian Mission
□ President
10.00 AM: H.E. Mohamed Rasheed, Departure
□ Flight #UA 755
09.00 AM – 01.15 PM: High- Level meeting on Countering Nuclear Terrorism
□ Location: GA Hall, UN Headquarters.
□ PR
12.15 PM- 12.45 PM: President of the General Assembly
□ Location: GA 200 (Behind GA Hall) UNHQ
□ President+ Foreign Minister+ PR+ Aliny
01.15 PM – 03.00 PM: Climate Change and their impact on foreign and security policy,
hosted by Germany and Kingdom of Morocco.
□ Location: TBC
□ PR
04.00 PM: OHCHR
□ Location: TBC
□ President+ AG
06.00 PM – 07.30 PM: Commonwealth Reception hosted by Australia. (TBC) (RSVP)
□ Location:1 Beekman Place, New York, NY 10022
□ Head of Delegation + Foreign Minister +PR
08.00 PM – 11:00 PM: Presidents Private Dinner
□ Helmsley Hotel
Saturday, 29 September 2012
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Breakfast with Maldivian Delegates
□ Helmsley Hotel
09.00 AM – 04.00 PM: Commonwealth Foreign Ministers Meeting
□ Location: Helmsley Hotel
□ Foreign Minister +PR
01.45 PM: President Depart from JFK to LAX
□ Flight # AA 117
□ Composition of the motorcade.
07.00 PM: Delegation Depart from JFK
□ Flight # DL82
□ ………….
11.40 PM: Shabeen’s Departure
□ Location: JFK
□ Flight # QR 84
Monday, 1 October 2012
10.00 AM- 06.00 PM: Forum of Small States (FOSS) Conference on Small States
Location: UN North Lawn Building, Conference Room 3
FM+PR
Around 04.00 PM: Singapore Foreign Minister (Confirmed)
□ Location: on sidelines of FOSS, UN North Lawn Building, Conference Room 3
□ Foreign Minister
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
10.00 AM- 10.30 AM: Bilateral Meeting with H.E Ms. Heidi Hautala, Minister of
International Development of Finland (Confirmed)
□ Location: Booth Requested
□ Foreign Minister+ Aliny +PR+ Nee
1.00 PM: SAARC Informal Luncheon/ Meeting
□ Location: Helmsley Hotel
□ Foreign Minister +PR
11.00 PM: Minister of Foreign Affairs depart from JFK
□ Flight # EK 202
Thursday, 4 October 2012
11.20 AM: Aliny’s Departure
□ Location: JFK
□ Flight # EK 204
Incoming Requests
TBC: Christian Mission for the United Nations Community (TBC)
□ Requesting a meeting with HEP
Between 24th & 29th Sep: Bilateral with Georgia Foreign Minister (TBC)
□ Location: TBC
□ Foreign Minister
□ Contact: Ms. Neli Shiolashvili, Tel: 212 759 1949 Email:n.shiola@gmail.com
TBC: Publisher & Editor PODER Magazine (TBC)
□ Requesting a meeting with HEP
24-28 September Bilateral Meeting with H.E Mr. Kim Sung- Hwan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea
Contact: Mr. Ileung Kim, First Secretary, PM/Korea
212-439-4087, iekim99@mofat.go.kr
Ms. Sun A Yoon, 212-439-4059, yoons.rok.un@gmail.com
Bilateral Requests sent
His Excellency the President (22 September – 29 September 2012)
• India
• Sri Lanka
• Pakistan
• Nepal
• Bangladesh
• Afghanistan
• Bhutan
• Australia
• Canada (not available)
• China
• Japan
• USA
• Germany
• Denmark
• World Bank
His Excellency Dr. Abdul Samad Abdulla, Minister of Foreign Affairs (22 September – 5 October 2012)
• United States
• Russia, (Informed not possible)
• Turkey,
• Malaysia,
• UAE
Her Excellency Dr. Mariyam Shakeela, Minister of Environment and Energy
• Sri Lanka
• Clinton Foundation
Her Excellency Aishath Azima Shakoor, Attorney General (22 September – 29 September 2012)
(Delegates attending Rule of Law Meeting)
• Australia,
• Canada,
• UK
• World Bank ( if attending Rule of Law Meeting)
Updated on 20 September 2012
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