PM Modi to address mega community event in Long Island, New York in September

Prime Minister PM Narendra Modi will address members of the IndianAmerican community at a mega diaspora event in the United States next month when he visits the country for the highlevel United Nations General Assembly sessionThe community event will be held on September 22 at the 16000seater Nassau Coliseum in Long IslandModi is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly in New York on September 26 according to a provisional list of speakers issued by UNSources told PTI that preparations are in full swing for the community event in Long Island coming 10 years after Modi had addressed a massive community gathering at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York in September 2014 This happened just months after he had first taken charge as PM and had visited the city to attend the annual General Assembly sessionIn 2019 Modi addressed the mega community event Howdy Modi at the NRG Stadium in Houston Texas where he was joined by thenUS president Donald TrumpThis year Modis visit to the US comes just weeks before the country goes to the presidential polls on November 5 with a race to the top office between Trump and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris the first woman of Black and Indian heritage to be US Vice President and the presidential nominee of a major political partyThis year the highlevel General Debate of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly will take place from September 2430 As per the provisional list of speakers for the General Debate issued by the UN on Monday Indias Head of Government is scheduled to address the highlevel session in the afternoon of September 26The list is not final and the UN releases updated provisional lists of speakers in the weeks leading up to the highlevel session to reflect any modifications in attendance schedules and speaking slots of leaders ministers and ambassadorsBrazil traditionally the first speaker at the debate will open the highlevel session on September 24 followed by the US with American President Joe Biden delivering his current terms final address to global leaders from the iconic UN podium before his country heads to presidential elections in NovemberModi took oath in June as Prime Minister for a historic third term and had last addressed the annual highlevel UNGA session in September 2021 He visited the UN headquarters on June 21 last year leading a historic Yoga Day commemoration at the North Lawn of the world bodys headquarters before heading to Washington DC for a State Visit hosted by BidenUN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres will present his report before the start of the General Debate followed by an address by the President of the 79th session of the General AssemblyGuterres is also convening the ambitious Summit of the Future at UN Headquarters during the highlevel week with the action days slated for September 2021 and the Summit scheduled on September 2223World leaders will convene at the United Nations to adopt the Pact for the Future which includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations as annexesThe Summit is a highlevel event bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future the UN saidEffective global cooperation is increasingly critical to our survival but difficult to achieve in an atmosphere of mistrust using outdated structures that no longer reflect todays political and economic realities it addedWith PTI inputs