The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 will pay a working visit to Canada and the United States of America from 16 to 24 September where he will participate in the United Nations General Assembly Session in New York. The opening of the General Debate of the UN General Assembly Session is scheduled for Tuesday, 19 September, and President Milanovi\u0107 is to address the General Assembly on Wednesday, 20 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his stay in New York, President Milanovi\u0107 will also take part in the Sustainable Goals Development Summit \u2013 to be held in the UN on Monday, 18 September \u2013 where discussion will focus on \u201cScaling up actions on key transitions to accelerate SDG progress\u201c. President Milanovi\u0107 will further meet with members of the Croatian community at a reception organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia to the USA and the Consulate General in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before arriving in New York, President Milanovi\u0107 will spend two days in Canada, in the Province of Ontario, where he will meet with members of the Croatian community and institutions that assemble Canadian Croatians. He will visit St. Sebastian Catholic Elementary School in Mississauga, \u201cQueen of Peace\u201d Croatian Franciscan Centre in Norval as well as Holy Cross Croatian Roman Catholic Church in Hamilton. In Burlington he will meet with Canadian-Croatian businesspeople and attend a reception for the Croatian community organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia to Canada and the Consulate General in Mississauga. A working visit with the Premier of Ontario Doug Ford is also planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After participating in the UN General Assembly Session in New York, President Milanovi\u0107 will visit Croats who live in New Orleans and its vicinity, in the southern USA. The main event during President Milanovi\u0107\u2019s stay in New Orleans will be the opening ceremony of the new Croatian Center in Belle Chasse, which will also be attended by the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Louisiana Billy Nungesser. President Milanovi\u0107 will subsequently visit the city of Biloxi where he will meet with Mayor Andrew Gilich, the only mayor in the United States who is a Croat and who will organize a meeting between President Milanovi\u0107 and the Croatian community that lives in that part of the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accompanying President Milanovi\u0107 on his working visit to Canada and the USA is his spouse Prof. Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107, who, in addition to a number of activities, will participate in an event in the UN on Tuesday, 19 September in New York jointly organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Regional Office of the World Health Organization for Europe and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway. Prof. Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 will participate in a panel discussion entitled \u201cPursuing Well-being, Equity and Healthy Societies through Sustainable Fiscal Policies\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In President Milanovi\u0107\u2019s delegation there will also be the Head of the Office of the President of the Republic Orsat Miljeni\u0107 and the Adviser to the President of the Republic for Foreign and European Policy Neven Pelicari\u0107.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 will pay a working visit to Canada and the United States of America from 16 to 24 September where he will participate in the United Nations General Assembly Session in New York. The opening of the General Debate of the UN General Assembly Session is scheduled for Tuesday, 19 September, and President Milanovi\u0107 is to address the General Assembly on Wednesday, 20 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25054,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-25057","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n