{"id":4472,"date":"2024-10-02T13:11:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4472"},"modified":"2024-10-02T13:11:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:11:22","slug":"president-mnangagwa-to-miss-un-general-assembly-this-time-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4472","title":{"rendered":"President Mnangagwa to Miss UN General Assembly this Time Around"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Political Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe will not be attending this year&#8217;s United Nations General Assembly in New York due to a packed schedule in the final quarter of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This announcement was made by Deputy Chief Secretary for Presidential Communications, George Charamba, who stated,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In light of a dense programme in the last quarter of 2024, His Excellency the President, Dr E.D. Mnangagwa, will not attend this year&#8217;s United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Fredrick Shava, who is already in New York, will deliver President Mnangagwa&#8217;s statement on his behalf at the Assembly. The annual UNGA session is a significant event that brings together world leaders to discuss pressing global issues, including international peace, security, climate change, and sustainable development goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that President Mnangagwa has been busy with various engagements, including a recent roundtable on Zimbabwe&#8217;s debt arrears clearance, where he reiterated the government&#8217;s commitment to resolving its long overdue debt arrears and reengaging with world development partners and creditors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Points to Note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>President Mnangagwa&#8217;s Absence: President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not attend the UNGA due to a tight schedule as he is said to have a busy schedule.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reason for Absence: A dense program in the last quarter of 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alternative Representation: Minister Fredrick Shava will deliver President Mnangagwa&#8217;s statement on his behalf.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UNGA Significance: A global platform for discussing international peace, security, climate change, and sustainable development goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political Reporter President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe will not be attending this year&#8217;s United Nations General Assembly in New York due to a packed schedule in the final quarter of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4474,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4472\/revisions\/4474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}