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Press Conference by Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st session of the General Assembly

Closing Press Conference

11 September 2017 in News stories, PGA Media Briefings

PRESS RELEASE: “Save Our Ocean” Exhibition Opens at the United Nations

6 June 2017 in PGA Media Briefings

PRESS RELEASE “Save Our Ocean” Exhibition Opens at the United Nations The world’s Ocean takes centre stage this month with new exhibitions now on display at United Nations Headquarters and across the five boroughs of New York City. The exhibitions were launched by the Office of the President of the General Assembly to coincide […]

MEDIA ADVISORY: SDG Action Event on Innovation

16 May 2017 in PGA Media Briefings, PGA Press Releases

MEDIA ADVISORY The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development saw world leaders commit to 17 comprehensive, integrated and ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The world in which the SDGs were adopted is radically different from that of the Millennium Development Goals. Giant leaps in technological advances are converging to make the unthinkable […]

Building Sustainable Peace for All

20 January 2017 in PGA Media Briefings, Statements

Op-Ed Building Sustainable Peace for All by H.E. Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly In the aftermath of World War II, with the colossal loss of life and destruction weighing upon them, fifty world leaders bound by a shared commitment to peace, came together in San Francisco and pledged themselves to a common […]

SDG Media Zone at COP 22 Ambassador Dessima Williams

SDG Media Zone at COP 22: SDGs Implementation and Youth Engagement

15 November 2016 in News stories, PGA Media Briefings

H.E. Dessima Williams – Special Adviser to the President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly on Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and Youth Engagement at SDG Media Zone at COP22 in Marrakesh

President of the UN General Assembly to give lecture at Cadi Ayyad university

13 November 2016 in PGA Media Briefings, PGA Press Releases

MEDIA ADVISORY President of the UN General Assembly to give lecture at Cadi Ayyad university UNITED NATIONS, New York, 13 November 2016 — The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Peter Thomson, will visit Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech on 17 November 2016, from 12:00pm to 1:00pm to brief students about the […]