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Friday, September 19, 2008 - 9.50 GMT
President leaves for New York to attend UN General Assembly

 
President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for New York this afternoon to attend the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly.

The UN General Assembly opened on Tuesday at the UN Headquarters in New York with the participation of 192 countries. Issues of global food crisis, UN reform, Water, terrorism and human rights, nuclear control and disarmament, human trafficking, the situation of Palestine, humanitarian assistance and gender equality and climate change are among the key themes of this year's assembly.

President Rajapaksa is to address the General Assembly on September 24.
 
 
   
   
   
   

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