HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY BRENDEN VARMA, SPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT MIROSLAV LAJČÁK

United Nations Headquarters, New York

15 December 2017

 

INTERACTIVE HEARING TO CONSIDER “WHOLE-OF-SOCIETY” APPROACH TO MIGRATION

  • As part of the process to finalize the first ever Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, the President will hold an interactive hearing on Monday at 10:00 a.m. in the Trusteeship Council Chamber. This is the third such hearing since July.
  • It will focus on the importance of what is now known as the “whole-of-society approach”. This entails cooperation between different actors, including authorities, migrants, civil society, the private sector, and academia – so that migration is managed in a more holistic manner. The goal is to share ideas and experiences from the ground that can help shape the compact.
  • There will be opening remarks from the President and also Louise Arbour, the Secretary-General of the intergovernmental conference to adopt the Global Compact.
  • There will also be two panel discussions, which will be moderated by Sherwin Bryce-Pease, President of the United Nations Correspondents Association.

 

GENERAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ALIGNING ASSEMBLY’S WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

  • This morning, the President attended a meeting of the General Assembly’s General Committee.
  • The purpose of today’s meeting was to discuss aligning the General Assembly’s work with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

 

NO COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM TURKEY ON JERUSALEM

  • The Spokesperson was asked whether there had been any recent official communication from the Turkish Government to the President of the General Assembly on the subject of Jerusalem.
  • The Spokesperson said that no such communication had been received.