Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has departed for home after completing his four-day visit to Switzerland, where he attended the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos.
“The chief adviser and his delegation departed Zurich International Airport on an Emirates commercial flight at 9:50 pm local time on Friday (January 24),” CA’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS.
Prof Yunus is scheduled to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5:00 pm (Bangladesh time) today.
During the WEF summit, he participated in 47 formal events, including meetings with four heads of government or state, four ministerial-level dignitaries, 10 heads or top executives of UN or similar organizations, and 10 CEOs or senior business leaders. Additionally, he attended nine WEF-organized programs, including four formal meals, engaged in eight media interactions, and took part in two other events.
Since his arrival in Davos on January 21, Prof Yunus passed hectic days through his broader engagements with the global leaders at the annual meeting of the WEF.
On the first day of his visit, the chief adviser joined seven engagements while he held a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the sidelines of the summit.
Prof Yunus also met Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta, Munich Security Conference Chairman Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and Finland President Alexander Stubb.
On the second day (January 22), he joined around 14 programmes and many side events.
The chief adviser held meetings with Wolfgang Schmidt, Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks, Federal Chancellery of Germany; King Philippe, King of Belgium; Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand; Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councilor, Federal Department for Foreign Affairs, Switzerland; Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, United Arab Emirates; UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres; Congo President Felix Tshisekedi; former US Special Envoy on Climate Change John Kerry; former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; and Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; among others, at the WEF.
Prof Yunus spoke at a plenary session titled 'The State of Climate and Nature' during the summit and attended an event of Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at a hotel in Davos.
On the third day (January 23), he attended 14 scheduled events and many side programmes.
He held meetings with Sir Nick Clegg, President, Global Affairs at Meta Platforms Inc; Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UAE-based global logistics provider DP World; Agnes Callamard, Secretary-General of rights group Amnesty International; Robert Maersk Uggla, Chair of Danish shipping and logistics company A.P. Moller - Maersk; and Anna Bjerde, World Bank's MD of Operations.
The chief adviser attended a one-on-one programme organised by Klaus Schwab, Founder of World Economic Forum at WEF summit, while he addressed an event at the Climate Hub in Davos on the sidelines of the meeting.
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