{"id":129454,"date":"2017-11-09T17:14:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T22:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=129454\/"},"modified":"2018-06-18T19:16:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T23:16:24","slug":"highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-9-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2017\/11\/09\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-9-november-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of press briefing by spokesperson \u2013 9 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\">9 November 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>PRESIDENT TO TRAVEL TO GERMANY FOR U.N. CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The President will travel next week to Slovakia for a Cabinet meeting.<\/li>\n<li>From there, he will travel to Bonn for the <a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/process\/conferences\/un-climate-change-conference-november-2017\/about\/un-climate-change-conference-november-2017\">United Nations Climate Change Conference<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>He expects to address the conference\u2019s high-level segment on Wednesday 15 November.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>PRESIDENT LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE TO FOSTER REAL DIALOGUE AT THE U.N.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomorrow the President will be launching \u201cThe Morning Dialogues\u201d, a new series of informal discussions between UN ambassadors on UN issues.<\/li>\n<li>The President will convene and chair the dialogues, each of which will be limited to 20 people at the most. They will include all 193 Member States over the course of the 72nd session.<\/li>\n<li>Two dialogues will be convened each month, they will be by invitation only, and they will be held under Chatham House rules. Ambassadors will be participating in their personal capacities.<\/li>\n<li>This new series is in line with the President\u2019s push to foster real dialogue at the UN \u2013 as opposed to the typical presentations of prepared statements. As these are not meant to be official meetings, no formal outcomes are expected.<\/li>\n<li>Tomorrow, the first dialogue will focus on women\u2019s participation and the inclusion of gender aspects in the General Assembly\u2019s work and processes. Women Permanent Representatives have been invited to this first gathering.<\/li>\n<li>Asked whether the dialogues would be open to the press, the Spokesperson replied that they would not. 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