{"id":153457,"date":"2018-05-14T16:54:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=153457"},"modified":"2018-06-18T18:35:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T22:35:14","slug":"highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-14-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/05\/14\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-14-may-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY SPOKESPERSON \u2013 14 MAY 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.87&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#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\">14 May 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.87&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>GAZA: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR RESTRAINT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On Twitter this morning, the President said he was following developments in Gaza with concern.<\/li>\n<li>He regretted the loss of life and called for calm, restraint and dialogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>INEQUALITY MUST BE TACKLED, PRESIDENT SAYS AT U.N. MEETING IN THAILAND<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The President <a href=\"\/pga\/72?p=153349\">was in Bangkok<\/a>, Thailand, today. There he <a href=\"\/pga\/72?p=153289\">addressed<\/a> the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).<\/li>\n<li>He said that \u201cinequality is still a part of our world&#8230; and we need to address it. Not just because it is the right thing to do&#8230; But also because it is a smart move for us all. \u201c<\/li>\n<li>The President also met with the Thai Foreign Minister. They discussed Thailand\u2019s active role in the United Nations, United Nations reform processes\u00a0and\u00a0the Sustainable Development Goals.<\/li>\n<li>He met with the United Nations Country Team and the Asia Pacific Regional Coordination Mechanism, which brings together 34 United Nations regional and subregional entities and affiliated offices.<\/li>\n<li>And he visited the Golden Jubilee Museum of Agriculture to learn about Thailand\u2019s &#8220;Sufficiency Economy Philosophy&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>The President is now on a plane heading from Thailand to Slovakia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>INDONESIA: PRESIDENT CONDEMNS BOMB ATTACKS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>After arriving in Bangkok on Sunday, the President learned about the bomb attacks against churches in Indonesia. On Twitter, he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN_PGA\/status\/995657719754436608\">condemned<\/a> these vile acts and said he was heartened that Indonesians of different faiths are standing together at this time.<\/li>\n<li>And in his <a href=\"\/pga\/72?p=153289\">speech<\/a> to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific today, he expressed his sincere condolences to the Government and people of Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li>He added, \u201cThe inhumanity of Sunday\u2019s terrorist attacks has shocked us all &#8211; and we all stand in solidarity with you.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>GENERAL ASSEMBLY BRIEFED BY U.N. COUNTER-TERRORISM CHIEF<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The General Assembly held an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2018\/05\/Letter-from-GCTS-co-facilitators-to-Member-States.pdf\">informal meeting<\/a> this morning to hear a briefing from Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism.<\/li>\n<li>The briefing was on the report of the Secretary-General on progress made in implementing the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.<\/li>\n<li>This is the first report on this topic by the current Secretary-General and also the first such report since the General Assembly established the Office of Counter-Terrorism.<\/li>\n<li>Today\u2019s briefing was held in advance of the consultations on the sixth review of the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy, which will start tomorrow.<\/li>\n<li>The General Assembly plenary meeting on this subject will be held on 26 June.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTION EXPECTED TO BE ADOPTED IN NEXT FEW DAYS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Asked to explain a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2018\/05\/Revised-Draft-Resolution-30-April.pdf\">development-related draft resolution<\/a>, the Spokesperson said that this draft concerned the re-positioning of the United Nations Development System. It was expected to be adopted in the next few days after the conclusion of negotiations.<\/li>\n<li>Asked about aspects in the draft related to funding, the Spokesperson noted that the draft defined a set of sources of funding for the United Nations Resident Coordinator system.<\/li>\n<li>Pressed about when the draft resolution would be adopted, the Spokesperson said that no date had been set yet, although 21 May was likely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>FIFTH COMMITTEE EXPECTED TO CONSIDER G.S.D.M. REPORT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Asked about media reports that United Nations Secretariat jobs would be moved from Geneva to Budapest, the Spokesperson said that relocation would happen as part of the Secretary-General\u2019s Global Service Delivery Model (GSDM) report.<\/li>\n<li>That report was expected to be considered by the General Assembly\u2019s Fifth Committee during its second resumed session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>ELECTION OF NEXT ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TO HAPPEN IN JUNE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Asked when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/pga-election\">election of the next President<\/a> of the General Assembly would take place, the Spokesperson said it would be held on 5 June at 10:00 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Asked what countries the candidates came from, the Spokesperson said they were from Ecuador and Honduras.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>NO NEW UPDATES ON SYRIA MECHANISM<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Asked for updates regarding the Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 (IIIM), the Spokesperson said that there was nothing new to report since the informal meeting on this topic had been held on 18 April.<\/li>\n<li>At that meeting, the Head of the IIIM had presented her report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>CORRECTION: PRESIDENT MET WITH LEADER OF ICELAND<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Spokesperson issued an official correction. He had said at the 11 May press briefing that President Laj\u010d\u00e1k had not met with the President of Iceland that week.<\/li>\n<li>In fact, the two had held a working lunch together on 10 May.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;BrightCove Video ShortCode&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.6&#8243;]\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe width=\"&quot;100%&quot;\" height=\"&quot;180&quot;\" src scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n&lt;!&#8211; [et_pb_line_break_holder] &#8211;&gt;[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights of press briefing by spokesperson Brenden Varma \u2013 14 May 2018<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spokespersons-briefings","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY SPOKESPERSON \u2013 14 MAY 2018 - General Assembly of the United Nations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/05\/14\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-14-may-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY SPOKESPERSON \u2013 14 MAY 2018 - General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Highlights of press briefing by spokesperson Brenden Varma \u2013 14 May 2018\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/05\/14\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-14-may-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-14T20:54:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-06-18T22:35:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sharifa Yousef A. 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