Making the United Nations Relevant to all PeoplePRESS BRIEFING BY MONICA GRAYLEY, SPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT MARÍA FERNANDA ESPINOSA
Good afternoon, everyone!
GA TO WELCOME FEMALE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT TO #WOMENINPOWER EVENT NEXT WEEK
Tomorrow, International Women’s Day, at 11 a.m., the President of the General Assembly will hold a press conference here at the Briefing Room to all UN correspondents.
Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa will talk about the high-level event, WomenInPower, which will take place on Tuesday, 12 March, at the General Assembly Hall.
Ms. Espinosa will address the opening segment which will also be attended by the Secretary-General, António Guterres, the Executive Director of UN Women, Ms. Phumzille Mlambo-Ngucka, and the Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), H.E. Ms. Geraldine Byrne Nason.
The Presidents of Lithuania, Nepal, Trinidad and Tobago, will be present at the first high-level round-table on “How Women Leaders Change the World”, which is also being attended by the Vice-President of Colombia and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Ms. Federica Mogherini.
This activity will be followed by a second round-table on the same theme with the Presidents of Croatia, Estonia, the Prime-Minister of Iceland, and the Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Panama.
The last high-level round-table of the WomenInPower event will address the Future of Women’s Leadership with the First Vice-President of Costa Rica, the Minister of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Minister for Cooperation and African Integration of the Republic of Guinea, the Chief of the General Staff of Slovenian Armed Forces, the Ambassador for UN Women in Pakistan, Ms. Muniba Mazari, and the former President of Ireland, H.E., Mary Robinson.
As you know, gender equality is one of the PGA’s seven priorities, and Ms. Espinosa says that much more must be done to promote women in positions of leadership. Last year, for example, among the 2018 Fortune 500 companies, only 24 had women CEOs, and 12 companies had no women at all on their board.
For a complete list of other segments and participants, please go to our www.un.org/pga/73
PGA CONCLUDES VISIT TO FINLAND MEETING CIVIL SOCIETY AND TRADE UNIONS REPRESENTATIVES
The President of the General Assembly is on her way back to New York following an official visit to Finland, where she attended the First International Symposium on Youth Participation in Peace Processes.
Before departing from Helsinki, Ms. Espinosa met with representatives of civil society and of Finnish trade unions. She talked about decent work, one of her seven priorities, and took the opportunity to listen to the contributions of trade union leaders and civil society.
Yesterday evening, Ms. Espinosa took part in a dinner reception hosted by the former Ms. Tarja Halonen, the first female President of Finland.
Whilst in Helsinki, the PGA met with Foreign Minister of Finland, H.E. Mr. Timo Soini, the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland, H.E. Paula Risikko, and other Finnish authorities.
And for videos on this trip, you can check our YouTube account @unitednationsga73
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