NNA - President Michel Sleiman, who's bound to New York on head of an official delegation, is due to head the Lebanese mission at the UN General Assembly's 68th session and deliver a speech next Tuesday.


The president will preside over a meeting of Donor States to solicit help for a million - strong Syrians displaced into Lebanon by the ongoing 2 - year - old conflict.


The presidential visit itinerary includes meetings with US president Barack Obama, Hasan Rowhani of Iran, Jordanian monarch king Abdullah II, the Emir of Qatar Tameem Bein Hamad Al-Thani, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and a number of heads of state and foreign ministers.



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