NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS BY PAULINA KUBIAK GREER,
SPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ABDULLA SHAHID
United Nations Headquarters, New York
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Just a few items related to the General Assembly for February…
On 7 February we will go back to four people per delegation at the General Assembly Hall, in the standard 1+3 format.
Everyone will continue to be required to wear a mask and social distance whenever possible.
In terms of the topics that are coming up in the General Assembly for February…
Tomorrow, there will be informal consultations in preparation for the Ocean Conference in Portugal…
The following week, on 8 February, there will be a closed informal meeting of the plenary on intergovernmental negotiations in connection with membership of the Security Council…
Many other topics, including the President’s high-level event on vaccine equity, which will be held on 25 February.
The full list of meetings is available at https://www.un.org/en/ga/info/meetings/76schedule.shtml
UKRAINE
I have been asked about the General Assembly meeting on Ukraine that is set for 23 February.
This is a long-standing item on the agenda, and is not a recent addition given the current situation in Ukraine.
GAIL
And for friends and colleagues of Gail Farngalo…
There is a condolence book set up outside of the President’s office on the second floor.
You are welcome to stop by and leave a message all this week.
QUESTIONS
There were no questions for the Spokesperson.
