- Safiu Kehinde
Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to attend the opening session of the General Debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.
This was made known in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications, Stanley Nkwocha.
According to the statement, Shettima, who is representing President Bola Tinubu and leading Nigeria’s delegation to the global gathering, was accompanied by senior members of the Nigerian delegation.
The delegation includes the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development and other senior officials.
Nkwocha disclosed that the General Debate opened with addresses by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and United States President Donald Trump, as world leaders began outlining their countries’ positions on major global issues.
The session brings together Heads of State and Government to deliberate on peace and security, development, climate change, economic cooperation and reform of the international system.
