Monday (September 23): After delivering an electrifying address in Houston to over 50,000 members of the Indian diaspora at a mega community event also addressed by President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in New York Sunday night to participate in the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said that, the country’s engagement and outreach at the 74th UN General Assembly will be unprecedented and will result in concrete, tangible, action-oriented outcomes.
A total of over 75 Heads of State and Foreign Ministers will be meeting with Modi.
PM is expected to articulate his government’s ambitions on renewable energy and make a call for a coalition for disaster resilient infrastructure at UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ High-Level Climate Action Summit on Monday.
Indian PM is among the first set of speakers at the Summit’s opening ceremony, a highly significant gesture.
Only those Heads of State, Government and Ministers are invited to speak at the summit who will have any positive development to announce on climate action.
PM Modi is the fourth speaker at the Summit, after Guterres, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and President of Marshall Islands Hilda Heine.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin told that India’s approach to climate action is multifaceted because anything that we do has an impact, which is global in nature. The Indian Prime Minister could articulate his ambition towards renewable energy as well as propose a coalition of nations for disaster resistant infrastructure, similar to India’s leadership of the International Solar Alliance.
