Making the United Nations Relevant to all PeopleHigh Level Thematic Debate on Inclusive Development and Inequality (CLOSING)
STATEMENT BY H.E. MARIA FERNANDA ESPINOSA, PRESIDENT OF THE 73RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY – High Level Thematic Debate on Inclusive Development and Inequality
Year: 2019
Campaign to Beat Plastic Pollution – ‘Play it Out’ Concert
Letter dated 14 May 2019 on the ‘Play it Out’ concert to be held in Antigua and Barbuda on 1 June 2019.
Read MoreSAMOA Pathway
Letter dated 14 May 2019 on the political declaration of the High-level mid-term review of the Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway
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High Level Thematic Debate on Inclusive Development and Inequality
STATEMENT BY H.E. MARIA FERNANDA ESPINOSA, PRESIDENT OF THE 73RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY – High Level Thematic Debate on Inclusive Development and Inequality
High-level Meetings Prosperity Week
Letter dated 13 May 2019 including the final programmes for the high-level meetings of the “Prosperity Week”
Read More30th Anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child
Letter dated 10 May 2019 on the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child
Read MoreFollow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries
Letter dated 13 May 2019 from the co-facilitators of the intergovernmental negotiations with a view to producing a Political Declaration for the comprehensive high-level mid-term review of the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action (VPoA) for the decade 2014-2024, as mandated by General Assembly Resolution 72/232 entitled “Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries” of 20 December 2017.
Read MoreUniversal Health Coverage
Letter dated 13 May 2019 from the co-facilitators of the intergovernmental consultations on the political declaration to be approved at the high-level meeting on Universal Health Coverage
Read MoreMemo: Meeting with the President of the Security Council for the month of May 2019
PGA Office Memo: Meeting between the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council for the month of May, the Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations on 13 May 2019
Read MoreSummary of the High-level Meeting on “The future of work”
Letter dated 13 May 2019 submitting the summary of the High-level meeting on The Future of Work, which was convened 10 April 2019
Read MoreCulture and Sustainable Development
Letter dated 10 May 2019 regarding the High-level Event on “Culture and Sustainable Development” to be held 21 May 2019
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U.N. General Assembly President Sets Her Sights on Plastic Pollution
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, president of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, singled it out as a key environmental concern she wants the body to address during her tenure, which began in September. She worked with several countries on launching a campaign in December to raise awareness and encourage phasing out single-use plastics, and has initiated a phase-out of such products at U.N. headquarters. Espinosa spoke with Scientific American in her office about the growing awareness of plastic pollution and the role she sees the U.N. playing in tackling it.
Read More75th Anniversary of the United Nations
Letter dated 9 May 2019 from the co-facilitators to lead the intergovernmental consultations on the date and modalities related to the commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the UN
Read MoreEntrevista a María Fernanda Espinosa, presidenta de la Asamblea General de la ONU
Entrevista a María Fernanda Espinosa, presidenta de la Asamblea General de la ONU – Teleamazonas Ecuador
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