{"id":99098,"date":"2017-05-30T19:24:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T23:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/?p=99098"},"modified":"2017-05-30T19:24:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T23:24:50","slug":"media-advisory-election-of-president-for-the-72nd-session-of-the-un-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/2017\/05\/30\/media-advisory-election-of-president-for-the-72nd-session-of-the-un-general-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: Election of President for the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">MEDIA ADVISORY<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Election of President for the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Media stakeout by President-elect to follow election at approx 11:15 am<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>UNITED NATIONS, 30 May 2017<\/strong> \u2013 Tomorrow, on Wednesday 31 May, at 10:00 am the UN General Assembly will meet to elect the President of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>H.E. Mr. Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, has been nominated for the position.<\/p>\n<p>Following the election, the President-elect will hold a brief media stakeout outside the General Assembly Hall at approximately 11:15 am.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/08\/PGA72-election-dates.pdf\">More information here<\/a><br \/>\n*******<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media contacts:<\/strong><br \/>\nDan Thomas, Spokesperson of the President of the UN General Assembly, +1 917 225 1913, daniel.thomas@un.org<br \/>\nKatharina Kandt, Communications Adviser ,+1 917 244 3890, kandt@un.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIA ADVISORY Election of President for the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly Media stakeout by President-elect to follow election at approx 11:15 am UNITED NATIONS, 30 May 2017 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":74184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[303],"tags":[5630,3180,5626],"class_list":["post-99098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pga-press-releases","tag-election-of-next-un-ga-president","tag-latest-news","tag-pga72"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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