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09-21-2009, 04:00 PM
President Leonel Fernandez traveled to New York City with a full agenda. Fernandez is to participate in the 64th Ordinary Session of the United Nations Organization. He left from the San Isidro Air Base and will return on 27 September.
His NY schedule includes:
Monday, 20 Sept: Speech at Hostos Community College on "The Future of Higher Education in the Dominican Republic." Fernandez will also speak at the John Jay School of Criminal Justice on the subject of the Democratic Security Plan as applied in the Dominican Republic.
Tuesday, 21 Sept: The President will attend the high-level session on climate change at the Global Compact and take part in the inauguration of the UN General Assembly. He will also attend the inauguration of the Plenary Session of the V Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.
On Wednesday, 22 Sept: President Fernandez will attend the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly where Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will deliver the keynote address. Later in the morning the President will be meeting with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the UN, and then with representatives from Senegal.
Fernandez will address the 64th General Assembly in the afternoon. The Presidency gave some advance details of his speech, which will tackle the drug trafficking situation, security on the border with Haiti, natural resources and environment, and the political crisis in Honduras.
In the evening, Fernandez will attend a reception for the delegates who are meeting in New York, hosted by US President Barack Obama.
Thursday, 24 Sept: Breakfast meeting at the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Friday, 25 Sept: Meetings with Dominicans in elected positions in US government.
On his agenda is a meting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, as well as with business representatives and US government officials on DR-CAFTA issues.
He is traveling with his press director Rafael Nunez, Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, and military assistant Major General Hector Medina Medina.
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His NY schedule includes:
Monday, 20 Sept: Speech at Hostos Community College on "The Future of Higher Education in the Dominican Republic." Fernandez will also speak at the John Jay School of Criminal Justice on the subject of the Democratic Security Plan as applied in the Dominican Republic.
Tuesday, 21 Sept: The President will attend the high-level session on climate change at the Global Compact and take part in the inauguration of the UN General Assembly. He will also attend the inauguration of the Plenary Session of the V Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.
On Wednesday, 22 Sept: President Fernandez will attend the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly where Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will deliver the keynote address. Later in the morning the President will be meeting with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the UN, and then with representatives from Senegal.
Fernandez will address the 64th General Assembly in the afternoon. The Presidency gave some advance details of his speech, which will tackle the drug trafficking situation, security on the border with Haiti, natural resources and environment, and the political crisis in Honduras.
In the evening, Fernandez will attend a reception for the delegates who are meeting in New York, hosted by US President Barack Obama.
Thursday, 24 Sept: Breakfast meeting at the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Friday, 25 Sept: Meetings with Dominicans in elected positions in US government.
On his agenda is a meting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, as well as with business representatives and US government officials on DR-CAFTA issues.
He is traveling with his press director Rafael Nunez, Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, and military assistant Major General Hector Medina Medina.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)