Details of the engagements that Emine Erdoğan, the wife of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and chair of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board of Eminent Persons on Zero Waste, will undertake in New York during the 81st UN General Assembly have been announced.
Emine Erdoğan, who arrived in New York with President Erdoğan, will focus on climate change, sustainable development, energy, protecting children in the digital environment and international engagements.
She will speak at New York Climate Week
As part of her program in the United States, Emine Erdoğan will first meet with world-renowned economist Prof. Jeffrey Sachs.
She will then attend the opening ceremony of New York Climate Week 2026 and deliver the opening address for the second section of the program, titled “Real Momentum, Concrete Transformation.”
Emine Erdoğan’s program also includes the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings organized by the World Economic Forum.
She will highlight the protection of children in the digital world
Ensuring children’s safety in the digital environment will be one of the key topics of Emine Erdoğan’s engagements in New York.
Emine Erdoğan will attend and address a meeting titled “Invisible Architecture: Building Safe Digital Systems for Children—Advancing International Standards and Shared Responsibility,” organized by the Ministry of Family and Social Services at the UN Headquarters.
At the event, which will be held as a side event during the 81st UN General Assembly, Erdoğan will share her assessments of the risks children face in the digital environment and the joint steps that can be taken internationally in this area.
The 100-year history of Türkiye-U.S. relations in New York
Emine Erdoğan will also attend the “100 Years of Friendship: Türkiye-United States Event” with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The program will be one of the events during UN General Assembly week highlighting the more than 100-year diplomatic history of relations between Türkiye and the United States.
Emine Erdoğan will also follow President Erdoğan’s address from the General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters.
Energy also on the agenda
Emine Erdoğan’s New York program also includes a high-level meeting on energy.
Erdoğan will attend the “High-Level Dialogue with the International Energy Agency” at the Trusteeship Council Chamber of UN Headquarters and take part in engagements on sustainability, energy and the environment throughout UN week.
She will attend Melania Trump’s invitation
Engagements with the spouses of world leaders will also feature prominently in the diplomatic part of Emine Erdoğan’s program.
Emine Erdoğan will attend an invitation hosted by Melania Trump, the wife of U.S. President Donald Trump, where she will meet the spouses of heads of state and government.
President Erdoğan and Emine Erdoğan will also attend a reception hosted by Donald Trump and Melania Trump in honor of heads of state and government and their spouses.
Bilateral meetings with leaders’ spouses at Türkevi
Emine Erdoğan will also hold separate meetings with the spouses of several leaders at Türkevi in New York.
The program is expected to include bilateral meetings with Rosangela Lula da Silva, the wife of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Rachel Ruto, the wife of Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto; and Fatima Maada Bio, the wife of Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio.
She will meet representatives of the Turkish and Muslim communities
The New York program of President Erdoğan and Emine Erdoğan also includes a meeting with representatives of the Turkish and Muslim communities.
The Erdoğan couple will attend an event organized by the Turkish American Steering Committee (TASC), the Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD) and the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO).
Throughout the 81st UN General Assembly week, Emine Erdoğan’s engagements in New York will cover a broad agenda ranging from climate and sustainable development to children’s digital safety, energy and international diplomacy.
