President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has departed to the US to attend the 74th Annual Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). His address at the UNGA will symbolise the administration’s resolve to actively engage with the international community to promote the interests and priorities of Maldives on the world stage.
President Solih will become the first Maldivian Head of State to address the gathering in the past seven years. The day also commemorates the 54th anniversary of Maldives becoming a member of the world body. Maldives joined the United Nations (UN) on September 21, 1965, in under two months after it gained independence.
It also marks an end to the isolationism of Maldives in the global arena, following the sound foreign policy through increased bilateral and multilateral engagement stressed since the administration took office. The annual sessions of the UNGA gather together the leaders of all UN member state to discuss and deliberate on major global issues. The present session of the UNGA opened on September 17 and will continue until September 30.