City Desk :
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud will attend the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) which will be held from May 27 to 30 in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda.
The Conference will be held at the American University of Antigua, reports UNB.
The Foreign Minister is scheduled to leave Dhaka on Saturday, a senior official told UNB.
In St. John’s, US Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma will serve as alternate head of delegation at the SIDS4.
The Deputy Secretary will reaffirm the United States’ commitment to support SIDS to advance their sustainability and achieve their vision for resilient prosperity, according to the US Department of State.
Under the overarching theme of “Charting the course toward resilient prosperity”, the conference aims at assessing the ability of SIDS to achieve sustainable development, including the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.
It will result in an intergovernmentally agreed, focused, forward-looking and action-oriented political outcome document.
The UN Secretary-General has appointed the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Li Junhua, as the Secretary-General of the Conference responsible for guiding the intergovernmental and logistical preparations for the Conference.
He also appointed High Representative for Least Developed Countries (LDC).