{"id":129409,"date":"2017-11-08T19:07:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T00:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=129409\/"},"modified":"2018-06-18T19:16:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T23:16:38","slug":"highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-8-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2017\/11\/08\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-8-november-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of press briefing by spokesperson \u2013 8 November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.69&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY BRENDEN VARMA,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>SPOKESPERSON FOR <\/strong><strong>GENERAL ASSEMBLY <\/strong><strong>PRESIDENT <\/strong><strong>MIROSLAV LAJ\u010c\u00c1K <\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-meta vcard\">\n<p><strong>United Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"updated\">8 November 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.69&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MIROSLAV LAJ\u010c\u00c1K\u00a0TO BECOME 1<sup>st<\/sup> GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TO MAKE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE SUMMARY PUBLIC<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In compliance with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/70\/305\">General Assembly resolution 70\/305<\/a>, the President submitted a financial disclosure statement upon assumption of his duties.<\/li>\n<li>The President has now received notification from the designated external reviewer that the review has been conducted and closed. No further action is required from the President at this time.<\/li>\n<li>Nevertheless, although not required to by the General Assembly, the President intends to make a summary of his financial disclosure statement available on our office\u2019s web site \u2014 in the interest of transparency and accountability.<\/li>\n<li>He plans to work with the United Nations Ethics office to put this summary together.<\/li>\n<li>He would be the first President of the General Assembly to make a summary of his financial disclosure statement public.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>ASSEMBLY TO HEAR FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PEACE &amp; SECURITY REFORM PROPOSALS TOMORROW<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In response to questions, the Spokesperson confirmed that the President would convene an informal meeting of the General Assembly to hear a briefing from the Secretary-General on his reform proposal contained in <a href=\"https:\/\/undocs.org\/A\/72\/525\">document A\/72\/525<\/a> (\u201cRestructuring of the United Nations peace and security pillar\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>The briefing would take place tomorrow, 9 November, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The venue was yet to be determined.<\/li>\n<li>The President had sent a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2017\/11\/Informal-briefing-on-the-Secretary-Generals-reform-proposal-on-Restructuring-of-the-United-Nations-peace-and-security-pillar.pdf\">letter<\/a> to Member States on 7 November, informing them of this meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>GENERAL ASSEMBLY &amp; SECURITY COUNCIL TO ELECT WORLD COURT JUDGES TOMORROW<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomorrow morning, both the General Assembly and the Security Council will be electing judges for the International Court of Justice (ICJ).<\/li>\n<li>There are 6 candidates for 5 vacant seats. They come from Brazil, France, India, Lebanon, Somalia and the United Kingdom.<\/li>\n<li>The Court is composed of 15 judges elected to 9-year terms. The General Assembly and Security Council vote for them simultaneously but independently of one another. To be elected, a candidate must get an absolute majority of the votes in both bodies. That means 97 votes in the Assembly and 8 votes in the Security Council.<\/li>\n<li>The results are then compared. And the candidates who win in both bodies are announced as elected. 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