Thein Sein is the highest ranking Burmese official to attend the General Assembly in 14 years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Iran announced earlier that it will participate in another Afghan Conference in The Hague on March 31, which U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to attend.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

He will reportedly land in New York, then on Monday is scheduled to attend an academic forum on Asian security at the University of California San Diego.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Iranian and U.S.diplomats were aware of one another's presence at the Moscow conference, but said it is not unusual for them to attend the same international forums.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

The United States as host country of the United Nations, the United States is obligated by treaty to allow Mr.Gadhafi and other world leaders to attend U.N.activities.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

But in a symbolic protest of what the State Department Wednesday termed Iran's appalling and deplorable treatment of election protestors, it is withdrawing invitations for Iranian diplomats to attend traditional U.S.embassy Fourth of July parties.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24