<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V Muraleedharan is paying an official visit to the USA starting today, October 6.<br />''</span><br />''During his visit to New York, he will participate in the High Level UN Security Council Debate on  "Peace and Security in Africa: Strengthening the fight against the financing of armed groups and terrorists through the illicit trafficking of natural resources.<br />'' <br />''He will also attend an event to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the India-UN Development Partnership Fund. Established in 2017, the 150 million US dollar India-UN Development Partnership Fund is supported and led by the Government of India and implemented in collaboration with the United Nations system. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Fund supports Southern-owned and led demand-driven, and transformational sustainable development projects across the developing world, with a focus on least developed countries and small island developing States.</span><br />