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 […]
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 18 August 2017 – The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, will ring the Opening Bell of the Nasdaq Stock Market at its MarketSite Headquarters in Times Square, New York, on Monday, 21 August 2017 at 9:30 am EDT, to raise awareness on the urgency of […]
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 16 August 2017– The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson completed his visit to Hong Kong today. While in Hong Kong, President Thomson met with Government officials, diplomats, professors of Ocean science and environmental actors to discuss follow-up action from The Ocean Conference held at the UN […]
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 11 August 2017 – The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, will visit China next week as part of a follow-up on the outcomes of The Ocean Conference held at the UN in June 2017. While there he will meet with officials from the Hong Kong […]
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 […]
Statement by H.E. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly, on the Consideration of Draft Resolution “Our ocean, our future: call for action” 6 July 2017, New York Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Last month, United Nations Headquarters in New York experienced the extraordinary energies of The Ocean Conference. Thousands of […]
Statement by the President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Peter Thomson, at the closing of the the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development 9 June 2017 Distinguished Co-Presidents, Secretary-General of the Conference, Excellencies, ladies and […]
Statement by the President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Peter Thomson, at the opening of the the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development 5 June 2017 Honourable Co-Presidents, Prime Minister Bainimarama of Fiji and Deputy […]
MEDIA ADVISORY Press briefing on The Ocean Conference (5-9 June) and announcement about the World Ocean Festival (4 June) UNITED NATIONS, New York, 10 April 2017 — The President of the United Nations General Assembly, the Commissioner for International Affairs of the Office of the Mayor of New York City and the Founder […]
Statement by H.E. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly, at the Preparatory Committee established by General Assembly resolution 69/292: Development of an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national […]
