TRINIDAD-UNGA president to visit Trinidad and Tobago

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Outgoing UNGA president, Ambassador Dennis Francis

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC—The outgoing President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis, will visit Trinidad and Tobago, the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs announced Friday.

It said that Francis, who is also the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will visit from August 4 to 7.

He was elected President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on June 1, last year.

While there, he will pay courtesy calls on the Acting President of Trinidad and Tobago, Nigel de Freitas, and Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley and meet with Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Minister Dr. Amery Browne.

Before his departure, he will also visit the Woodbrook Secondary School, his Alma Mater.

In June, the UNGA elected Philémon Yang of Cameroon by acclamation to serve as the Assembly’s next President.

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