NEW YORK-(MaraviPost)-President Lazarus Chakwera’s took advantage of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to meet global leaders in aspect of Climate change and cooperations.
From the general debate at the UN General Assembly, Chakwera went into three important meetings aimed at canvassing more solidarity towards our development agenda.
The Malawi leader engaged UNDP Administrator, Achim Steiner, to discuss the social impact being realised by UN agencies in their development work within Malawian communities.
In his remarks, Steiner reiterated UN’s sustained support to Malawi to help us adopt and benefit from various innovative development solutions such as the Growth Accelerator initiatives.
The duo therefore agreed to cement mutual commitment in implementing the Malawi United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2024 – 2028 that will broaden areas of cooperation.
Chakwera also attended the Global Centre of Adaptation forum where together with former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and other world leaders we resolved to lobby for doubled climate adaptation finance especially from big culprits of global warming through carbon emissions.
Not only that The Malawi President met Kosovo President, Vjosa Osmani – Sandrui to bolster cooperation and explore new avenues through which the two countries can share development aspirations.
Chakwera is expected to return home on October 2, 2024.
