As delivered 2017 Leadership Summit of the United Nations Association of the United States of America 12 June 2017 Kathy Calvin, President and Chief Executive Office of the United Nations Foundation Teta Banks, National Chair of the United Nations Association – USA Chris Whatley, Executive Director of the United Nations Association of the […]
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 […]
As delivered Statement of Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly at the Plenary Session of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation 14 May 2017, Beijing Your Excellencies, All courtesies observed. It is an immense pleasure to be here in Beijing at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. […]
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 […]
PRESS RELEASE President of the UN General Assembly to visit Beijing UNITED NATIONS, New York, 11 May 2017 – The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, will visit Beijing this week to participate in China’s Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. While in Beijing he will meet with high-level officials […]
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 […]
As delivered H.E. Mr Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly, at Permanent Representatives Committee 8 May 2017, Nairobi, Kenya Your Excellency Mr James Kimonyo, Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN Habitat and Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations, Nairobi Your Excellency Ms. Julia Pataki, Chair of […]
As delivered Statement by Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly, at the 26th Session of the Governing Council of UN-Habitat 8 May 2017, Nairobi, Kenya His Excellency, President Kenyatta, Honorable Ministers, All other protocol being observed. It is my great pleasure to be here in Nairobi to address the 26th Session of the […]
PRESS RELEASE President of the UN General Assembly to visit Kenya, Central African Republic and Uganda UNITED NATIONS, New York, 6 May 2017, The President of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, will visit Kenya, the Central African Republic, and Uganda next week. In Nairobi, on Sunday, May 7, President […]
Rome: President of the UN General Assembly attends the launch of the “Laudato Si’ Challenge” inspired by Pope Francis at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 May 2017 – As part of his mission to push for momentum on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the President […]
