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2017 World Youth Skills Day
2017 World Youth Skills Day Young people today joined Ministers from Sri Lanka, Denmark and Jordan as well as the President of the General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to mark the 3rd annual World Youth Skills Day under the theme: “Skills for the Future of Work”. Today, over 71 […]
Visit of the President of the General Assembly to Rome
Visit of the President of the General Assembly to Rome New York, 4 July 2017 – The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, visited Rome today. President Thomson addressed the opening session of the international conference “Oceans, caring for a common heritage” at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross […]
President delivers Keynote Address at UN Association of USA 2017 Leadership Summit
President delivers Keynote Address at UN Association of USA 2017 Leadership Summit New York, 12 June 2017, The President of the UN General Assembly, Peter Thomson, delivered a keynote address this afternoon, 12 June, at the 2017 Leadership Summit of the United Nations Association of the United States of America. Over 400 participants gathered in Washington DC today […]
World Ocean Day
The Ocean and Us
‘The ocean and us’ produced by BBC Earth for Ocean Conference
President of the United Nations General Assembly completes visit to China
President of the United Nations General Assembly completes visit to China after meeting with Chinese leaders and participating in the Belt and Road Forum UNITED NATIONS, New York, 7 May 2017– The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, today completed his visit to China where he addressed the plenary segment […]
President of the UN General Assembly completes visit to Uganda
President of the UN General Assembly completes visit to Uganda after meeting with the Ugandan Prime Minister, the UN Resident Coordinator and visiting the UN Regional Service Centre where SDG implementation and the UN’s role in sustaining peace in the region were top of the agenda UNITED NATIONS, New York, 11 May 2017– The […]
President of the UN General Assembly conveys the General Assembly’s solidarity with UN Peacekeepers
President of the UN General Assembly completes his visit to the Central African Republic after conveying the General Assembly’s solidarity with UN Peacekeepers who are operating in difficult circumstances around the globe and after engaging with the the country leadership on the journey towards sustainable peace and sustainable development UNITED NATIONS, New York, 11 May […]
President of the UN General Assembly completes visit to Nairobi, Kenya
President of the UN General Assembly completes visit to Nairobi, Kenya where realizing the Sustainable Development Goals in the cities and human settlements and the role of the UN were center-stage UNITED NATIONS, New York, 10 May 2017–The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Peter Thomson, completed a three day visit to Kenya […]