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| President Biya Prescibes Commitment And Solidarity |
| Cameroon Achieving Mixed MDG Results |
| Assessing To A ssessors |
| Jubilant Crowd Welcome To Paul Biya At New-York |
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An exciting crowd of Cameroonians were present in front of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel down New York to welcome President Biya and First Lady, Chantal Biya on monday.
Drum beats from the Centre Region of Cameroon and a jubilant crowd of Cameroonians from all walks of life living in the United States of America hailed the arrival of Cameron’s Presidential couple yesterday in New York for the 65th United Nations General Assembly. In a bid to acknowledge the presence of President Paul Biya and First Lady, Chantal Biya, Cameroonians living in the United States of America and beyond transformed the 50th street of Lexington Avenue, down town Manhattan in New York City, into a dancing ground to showcase some of the cultural heritage from their fatherland. The tight police security that was present around the Waldorf Astoria Hotel which is hosting President Paul Biya and wife, Chantal Biya, during their stay in New York, did not prevent Cameroonians from displaying their joy in songs and dances as they saw the motorcade carrying the Presidential Couple pass through Lexington Avenue.
Several hours before the arrival of President Biya and wife, Chantal Biya at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, the jubilant crowd of men, women and children who had come from far away cities such as California, Atlanta, Washington DC could be seen dancing to the Balafon tempo from the Centre Region of the country. Dressed in the Cameroon’s People Democratic Party (CPDM) fabric, the crowd send out echoes which left passers-by anxious to know what was happening. Through songs, the waiting crowd revealed their visions and hope such as “President Paul Biya, you are our President and should be our president for the next seven years”. T-shirts and caps carried effigies of President Paul Biya and wife, Chantal Biya with messages which read “Welcome President Paul Biya and First Lady, Chantal Biya, to the United Nations 65th General Assembly”.
The excitement of the waiting crowd reached apex with the arrival of the Presidential Couple at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel at 6:00 pm New York time that is 11:00pm, Cameroon time. The General Manager of the Hotel, Eric Long and Jasmin Howanietz who is the hotel’s Director of Diplomatic Affairs, saluted the arrival of the Presidential Couple. “We are happy to see you again”, Jasmin Howanietz told Mrs Biya. In a solemn ceremony, the Presidential couple received bouquets of flowers from two young Cameroonians living in the United States. While shaking hands with some members of government present at the hotel lobby as well as authorities from the Permanent Mission of Cameroon at the United Nations in New York, CPDM militants again echoed songs which reveals that they want President Paul Biya for another term in office.
