The Sri Lankan president, will address the UN General Assembly and chair two Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meetings at the side-lines of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly, reports Colombo Page.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, is due to chair a meeting on reform within CHOGM and address the General assembly on the post-2015 development agenda in New York on September 25.
The Commonwealth has faced staunch criticism, by British and Canadian government officials, over the appointment of the Sri Lankan president as the chair of the Commonwealth.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, recently missed the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth games and declined an event invite to attend a Commonwealth memorial event, amidst public protests.
See also:
TESO protests against Mahinda Rajapaksa (04 September 2014)
Rajapaksa declines invitation to Commonwealth event, fearing Tamil protests (24 July 2014)
Rajapaksa misses Commonwealth Games opening amid protests (23 July 2014)
Canada is 'incredibly focused' to get Sri Lanka to take a different path says Foreign Minister (12 June 2014)
Canada suspends over $10m Commonwealth funding over Sri Lanka as chair (16 April 2014)
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