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UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres will be in India on a three-day trip starting Tuesday to commemorate India's 75-year partnership with the UN.

During his visit he is expected to highlight India's contribution to fighting climate change by advocating lifestyle changes.

India's Ministry of External Affairs said in New Delhi that Guterres will start his visit by paying tributes at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai to the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks by a Pakistan-based group which claimed the lives of more than 175 people.

In Gujarat, Guterres is expected to "pay floral tributes at the Statue of Unity", which is the 182-metre depiction of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, who oversaw the unification of India out of the British-administered territories and the princely states.

In Mumbai, the MEA said, Guterres will speak at the UN on "India @75: UN-India Partnership: Strengthening South-South Cooperation."

This will be Guterres's second visit to India as the Secretary General and the first in his second term.

During his three-day visit Guterres is to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

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Although India was a founding member of the UN in 1945 while still a British colony, it is commemorating its participation at the UN after its Independence in 1947.