The United Nations General Assembly holds a memorial session for the late Sheikh Khalifa
Tomorrow, Friday morning, New York time, the United Nations General Assembly will hold a special memorial session to recall the biography and achievements of the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The program of the session includes a minute of silence by the members of the Assembly, then the speeches of the heads of the five geographical groups to the United Nations and the permanent delegate of the United States in the name of the host country of the United Nations will follow, conveying their deep condolences to the government and people of the Emirates and highlighting his achievements and his global humanitarian legacy.
Simultaneously, the United Nations flag will be lowered at the headquarters of its main buildings in New York to the middle.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, had issued a statement expressing, on behalf of the United Nations, his sincere condolences to the government and people of the United Arab Emirates on the death of the late Sheikh Khalifa, recalling his virtues and his global humanitarian legacy.
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