{"id":73680,"date":"2016-09-24T16:15:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T20:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/?p=73680"},"modified":"2016-09-27T13:01:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T17:01:34","slug":"meeting-with-secretary-general-of-the-commonwealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/2016\/09\/24\/meeting-with-secretary-general-of-the-commonwealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with Secretary-General of the Commonwealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Meeting with the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Rt Hon. Patricia Scotland<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_74276\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2016\/09\/MG_4645.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74276\" class=\"wp-image-74276 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2016\/09\/MG_4645-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Thomson, President of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly meets with Patricia Scotland QC, Commonwealth Secretary-General.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2016\/09\/MG_4645-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2016\/09\/MG_4645-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2016\/09\/MG_4645-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2016\/09\/MG_4645-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-74276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9UN Photo\/ Ariana Lindquist<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The President of the General Assembly, H.E. 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