Minister Daniel Mitov to participate in the 69th session of the UN General Assembly
22 September 2014 - 26 September 2014 Diplomatic CalendarMinister Daniel Mitov is on a working visit to New York for the 69th session of the UN General Assembly from 22 to 26 September. Minister Mitov is part of the Bulgarian delegation, headed by President Rosen Plevneliev.
The main theme of the UNGA general debate is “Delivering on and Implementing a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda” and it will be discussed by the 193 high-level delegations from the UN Member States. The debate will bring together UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President of the 69th UN General Assembly Sam Kutesa, Presidentof the Federal Republic of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, and US President Barack Obama.
The session includes high-level events devoted to climate change, UNESCO’s Global Education First Initiative, the French initiative for a voluntary code to restrict the veto's use by the UN Security Council, etc. The agenda includes also UN Security Council meeting on the international efforts to combat foreign terrorist fighters, chaired by US President Barack Obama.
Daniel Mitov is scheduled to participate in a EU foreign ministerial, a Trans-Atlantic Dinner, ministerial meetings of the Group of Friends of Mediation and on the topic “Tackling European security crisis: the way forward and the role of the OSCE.” The programme also includes informal meeting of the top diplomats of the Organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperationon on Improving the BSEC efficiency and effectiveness and a working luncheon of the SEECP foreign ministers.
Minister Mitov will hold a number of bilateral meetings to present Bulgaria’s stance on a wide range of issues such as international peace and security, human rights and sustainable development, Central and Eastern Europe, BSEC, SEECP, the Western Balkans and the Middle East. The agenda of Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister also includes talks with his counterparts from Andorra, Vietnam, Iraq, the Republic of Macedonia,the Republic of Turkey, San Marino, Ukraine, etc.