As delivered Remarks by H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly, at the Ministerial Luncheon & Dialogue on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: Year 2 and Looking Ahead Delegates Dining Room 19 July 2017 President of ECOSOC, Secretary-General, Distinguished Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, First, thank you to Ambassador Shava, the […]
As delivered Statement of H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly, at SDG Business Forum 2017 – High Level Lunch “Collaboration for Transformational Change, with a focus on the role of the private sector” 18 July 2017 Secretary-General Guterres, Ministers, President of ECOSOC Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, It […]
As delivered Statement by Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly at World Youth Skills Day 2017: Skills for the future of work 17 July 2017 All protocols observed Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Happy World Youth Skills Day! I would like to thank Portugal and Sri Lanka for organizing this event and for their […]
As delivered Keynote address by H.E. Mr Peter Thomson, President of the 71st session of the General Assembly, at Opening Segment of 2017 Partnership Exchange 17 July 2017 Madam Chair, Mr Wu Hongbo, Under Secretary General of UN DESA, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentleman, Good morning to you all. I would like to begin […]
As delivered Statement by H.E. Mr Peter Thomson, President of the 71st session of the General Assembly, at Opening of the Ministerial Segment of ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 17 July 2017 President of ECOSOC, Distinguished Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentleman, It is an honor to join you all today at the […]
As delivered Keynote Address by H.E. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly, at High Level Political Forum Session 12: Review of SDGs Implementation: SDG 14 13 July 2017, New York Mr. President Ambassador Skoog of Sweden, Ambassador Daunivalu of Fiji, Under-Secretary-General Wu, Under-Secretary-General Soares, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen I welcome […]
As delivered Statement by H.E. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly, at the Agriculture and Food Day Programme of the International Agri-Food Network 13 July 2017, New York Excellencies, Distinguished Speakers, Ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure to be here with you all this morning. Ladies and gentlemen, It […]
