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Bush heads to United Nations next week

Thursday, 14-Sep-2006 03:50PM EDT
Story from United Press International. Copyright 2006 by United Press International (via ClariNet)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush has scheduled to a trip to the United Nations next week to deliver an address to the 61st General Assembly.

The White House announced Thursday that Bush is scheduled to speak to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday and that the president and first lady Laura Bush would be the hosts of a reception for heads of delegations that evening. The occasion is the first full week of the new assembly, normally attended by many world dignitaries.

Bush is also expected to have a series of bilateral meetings with other heads of state while in New York. The White House said Bush would stress the connections "between freedom, democracy, prosperity, counter-terrorism and security."

The Bush administration also announced that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will visit the White House on Sept. 22 and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet Sept. 26 with Bush in Washington.

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