Africa-Press – Cape verde. The President of the Republic of Cape Verde will participate, between the 19th and 21st of September, in the United States of America, in the 77th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), taking place under the theme “A divisive moment of water: transformative solutions to interconnected challenges”. In addition to the General Assembly, JMN will meet with some Cape Verdean communities and give a master class at the University of Bridgewater.
José Maria Neves travels to the US this Friday, 16th, in order for Cape Verde to be present at this summit of world leaders which, according to a statement from the Presidency of the Republic, takes place in an “extraordinarily complex” situation that imposes “intense and enormous challenges”. unprecedented” to member states.
In addition to the intervention in the UN General Debate, scheduled for the 21st, the Head of State will make a presentation at the Education Transformation Summit, on the 19th, a space for mobilization that seeks to generate greater political commitment to education as a public good. and establish a new world vision for the sector.
“The participation of the Head of State in the United Nations General Assembly will also constitute an opportunity to hold bilateral meetings with some counterparts, as well as to meet with the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres”, the note reads.
Meeting with the emigrant community
In this first trip to the United States of America, as Head of State, José Maria Neves will also carry out a visit to the Cape Verdean Community in the New England region (Massachusetts and Rhode Island).
Over the weekend, the Head of State will be in Rhode Island at the opening of the Cape Verde Museum and will pay tribute to Cape Verdean/American Veterans who served in the US Defense.
In Massachusetts, he has on the agenda a meeting with the Cape Verdean community in Brockton, a visit to the headquarters of the Cape Verdean Association in that city, in addition to meetings with state and local dignitaries and a visit to the “Nha Terra Nha Kretcheu” Festival. .
In line with the mobilization of partnerships for the promotion of knowledge and the increase of Higher Education in the country, the same source also informs, the president will visit, on Friday, the 16th, the State University of Bridgewater, where he will deliver a Aula Magna on the twentieth anniversary of the launch of cooperation between Cape Verde and that University.
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