PRESS RELEASE President of the UN General Assembly addressed SIWI World Water Week in Stockholm UNITED NATIONS, New York, 28 August 2017 — The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, visited Stockholm, Sweden today where he delivered a keynote address at the plenary of World Water Week. World […]
As delivered Keynote Address by H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly at the High-level week on water: “Freshwater to sea, the resilience of oceans – reflections from the UN Ocean conference” Stockholm, 28 August 2018 Honorable Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great […]
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 25 August 2017 — The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, will visit Sweden on Monday, 28 August, to deliver remarks during the opening plenary of World Water Week in Stockholm, organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). Under World Water Week’s theme of “Water […]
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 […]
PRESS RELEASE President of the UN General Assembly welcomes Fijian cultural events during The Ocean Conference UNITED NATIONS, New York, 4 June 2017 – The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, welcomes the arrival of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Brass Band (RFMF Band). The RFMF Band will […]
Opening Remarks by H.E. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly, at the event on Strategies and Approaches for Accelerating and Scaling up SDG14 Implementation 14 February 2017 Hon. Siaosi ‘Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni, Deputy Prime Minister of Tonga Hon. Isabella Lovin, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator Excellencies Ladies and Gentleman, First, […]
Meeting discussing preparations for UN Conference to support the implementation of SDG14 The President of the General Assembly met today with the delegations from Sweden led by HE Ulrika Modéer, State Secretary to Minister for International Development Cooperation, and Fiji led by Ambassador Luke Dauniuvalu, Charge d’Affaires ad interim of the Fiji Mission to the […]
Closing statement by H.E. Mr Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly, at High-Level side event on mobilizing action to implement SDG 14 in the run-up to the UN Conference on Oceans in 2017 19 September 2016 H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Honourable Prime Minister of Fiji, Deputy Prime Minister […]
