[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid” border_style_all=”solid”]<\/p>\n
NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n United Nations, New York, 24 November 2017<\/strong> \u2013 The President of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k, will travel to Vienna, Austria, on 27 November 2017, to visit the United Nations Office at Vienna.<\/p>\n While there, he will deliver opening remarks at the 17th Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), which will be held under the theme, \u201cPartnering for Impact \u2013 Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals\u201d.<\/p>\n In Vienna, the President will hold bilateral meetings with: H.E. Mr. Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal President of the Republic of Austria; H.E. Mr. Sebastian Kurz, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria; H.E. Ms. Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Confederation and Minister of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications; H.E. Ms. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovi\u0107, President of the Republic of Croatia; Mr. Yury Fedotov, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); and Mr. Thomas Greminger, Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).<\/p>\n The President will then travel to Geneva, Switzerland, to address the 108th Session of the Council of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on 28 November. The President will also participate in an exchange with Geneva-based actors on the theme \u201cSustaining Peace,\u201d and meet with Mr. Michael M\u00f8ller, Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.<\/p>\n The President will travel to Austria with his Deputy Chef de Cabinet Sofia Borges, and his Advisers Thanavon Pamaranon and Katharina Kandt. In Switzerland, he will be accompanied by Ms. Borges, Ms. Kandt and Adviser Lea Matheson. Travel costs will be covered from the Trust Fund of the Office of the President of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n The President will return to New York on 28 November.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\nASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TO VISIT VIENNA AND GENEVA<\/h1>\n