The Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Lesao Lehohla is currently attending the sixty-second session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held in New York, United State of America starting from Monday, September 24.

The Deputy Prime Minister and his delegation left the country on Saturday.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations Mr. Mohlabi Tsekoa told LENA that the UNGA is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations (UN) which is made up of all UN member states and meets in regular yearly sessions.

Mr. Tsekoa noted that the UNGA plays a significant role in the process of standard setting and the codification of international law.

Topics to be discussed during the forum as stipulated by the Minister include international peace and security, sustainable development, human rights, development in Africa, humanitarian assistance, justice and international law as well as the fight against drugs, crime and terrorism.

Established in 1945 under the Charter of the United Nations, the general assembly occupies a central position as the chief deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of the United Nations comprising all 192 members of the United Nations.

The Deputy Prime Minister's delegation is made up of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mohlabi Tsekoa, Trade and Industry, Mr. Popane Lebesa and of Tourism, Ms. Lebohang Nts'inyi as well as the Principal Secretaries of the same ministries.

The delegation is expected to arrive in Lesotho on October 03.

Source: LENA 22/09/2007