<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will be accompanying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her upcoming visits to London, New York and Washington, said an official of the foreign ministry.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Momen was not part of the PM’s entourage during her just-concluded state visit to India (September 5-8), citing “health reasons”.</div><div><br></div><div>The seventy-seventh session of the UN General Assembly opens on September 13 with the theme, “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges.”</div><div><br></div><div>The theme stems from the recognition that the world is at a critical moment in the history of the United Nations due to complex and interconnected crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, humanitarian challenges of unprecedented nature, a tipping point in climate change as well as growing concerns about threats to the global economy.</div><div><br></div><div>At the UN General Assembly, on September 20, heads of states and governments will explore solutions to the outstanding global challenges.</div><div><br></div><div>This year’s general debate, which runs through September 26, is expected to be fully in-person. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>