The President and Mr Preca are in Germany for a meeting of the Arraiolos Group – made up of 11 non-executive Heads of State – in Thuringa, Germany.

2.30pm The President attends the official welcome ceremony of the Arraiolos Group meeting at Wartburg Castle.

3.15pm The President participates in a lecture entitled ‘The effects of the German reformation on Europe and education’ at Wartburg Castle.

4.45pm The President participates in a working session on the subject ‘Cohesion in Europe’ at Wartburg Castle.

7.30pm The President and Mr Preca attend official dinner on the occasion of the Arraiolos Group meeting at Wartburg Wappensaal.

Tuesday

9.50am The President is greeted by German President Joachim Gauck at Erfurt City Hall.

10.15am The President participates in a ‘Education and Participation’ working session at Erfurt City Hall.

Noon The President participates and addresses a joint press conference with all the participating Heads of State at the Evangelic School in Erfurt.

Wednesday

11.20am The President and Mr Preca leave Germany for New York where she will be addressing the UN Sustainable Development Summit and delivering a keynote speech at the Columbia University 2015 International Conference on Sustainable Development and at the Columbia University World Leaders Forum.

Thursday

9.45am The President delivers a keynote speech at the 2015 International Conference on Sustainable Development at Columbia University, New York.

10.30am The President meets a delegation from Columbia University.

11.30am The President will be participating and addressing the World Leaders Forum at Columbia University.

1pm The President visits the Permanent Mission of the United Nations to Malta in New York.

3pm The President meets Unesco director general Irina Bokoca in New York.

Friday

10am The President attends an address by Pope Francis at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit.

12.45pm The President will be participating in an inter-active dialogue entitled ‘Ending poverty and hunger’ at the United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber.

6pm The President and Mr Preca attend Mass, celebrated by Pope Francis, at Madison Square Gardens, New York.

Saturday

9am The President visits the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York.

Noon The President meets Lakshmi Puri, UN Women’s deputy executive director and assistant secretary general of the United Nations, in New York.

Sunday

11.45am The President will be addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit

3pm The President attends a plenary session, which will be addressed by US Presi-dent Barack Obama, at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit.

5pm The President will be participating in the closing session of the UN Sustainable Development Summit.

7pm The President and Mr Preca meet the Maltese community in New York.

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