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This Article is From Sep 21, 2011

PM leaves for UN General Assembly session

PM leaves for UN General Assembly session
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday left on a six-day visit to participate in the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Manmohan Singh left for New York by a special Air India aircraft from the Palam technical area of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

In his departure message, Manmohan Singh said: "This is the time for the UN to resume its global leadership role." (Read: PM's statement prior to his departure to New York)

"Terrorism and non-traditional threats to international security, such as piracy, are threatening states and the international political and social order." he said.

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