NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS BY PAULINA KUBIAK GREER,
SPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ABDULLA SHAHID
United Nations Headquarters, New York
STOCKHOLM
Starting with the Stockholm+50 in Sweden… The President of the General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, today co-hosted a special event on “achieving a sustainable and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: (Re)shaping economies for women”. It was co-hosted with the Swedish Government and the UN Foundation.
The goal of the dialogue was to identify strategies and policies that will ensure greater participation of women in the future of sustainable economies, especially in high impact sectors, such as food, energy and manufacturing.
The discussion included:
- Foreign Minister Ann Linde,
- Sarah Hendriks from UN Women,
- Diana Amini of H&M Foundation,
- Angela Zhong from Girl Up, which is a UN Foundation initiative, and
- Cynthia Mburu from Kwara, which is a digital banking platform.
President Shahid’s opening remarks are online: https://www.un.org/pga/76/2022/06/03/pgas-special-event-at-stockholm50-international-meeting/
Tweets: https://twitter.com/UN_PGA/status/1532682770551644160
BILATERALS
Aside from this event President Shahid today also met with a group of women representatives to the Stockholm+50. They were joined by Sweden’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Ambassador Anna-Karin Enestrom. https://twitter.com/UN_PGA/status/1532700910769553409
He also spoke with a group of young people working on environmental activism, led by IM, Swedish Development Partner. https://twitter.com/UN_PGA/status/1532727170296172545
And took part in the presentation of the Stockholm+50 Global Youth Policy Paper. https://twitter.com/UN_PGA/status/1532762363581153282; https://twitter.com/UN_PGA/status/1532746251992764418 ; https://twitter.com/UN_PGA/status/1532726847213027328
He also met with the Speaker of Sweden’s Rikstag, Mr. Andreas Norlén. https://twitter.com/UN_PGA/status/1532686144521097217
And with Lord Zac Goldsmith, the UK’s Minister for the Pacific and International Environment. https://twitter.com/UN_PGA/status/1532672102788128770
WEEK AHEAD
On Monday, 6 June…
Starting at 10AM ET in the GA Hall, there will be a high-level meeting on the theme “Enhancing youth mainstreaming in crime prevention policies“as mandated by the General Assembly resolution 76/187 from last December. This debate will be held in cooperation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. The end result will be a summary of discussion, which will be shared with the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and with all Member States.
I wanted to highlight that in addition to President Shahid, the opening segment will include the Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and the Executive Director of UNODC Ghada Fathi Waly. You will also hear from World Scouting Youth Representative, Junbert Pabon – who is from the Philippines and given that this is an event focused on youth, I will note that he is 21.
In the afternoon, there will be a panel discussion and let me highlight two participants who might be of interest: The Minister of Youth from the Dominican Republic, Rafael J. Féliz García. In his early 30s, he is the youngest Minister in the Government there. And Claudia Plakolm, who is 27, and is the State Secretary for Youth Affairs of Austria
On Tuesday, 7 June…
In the morning session, we will have the election for the President and the Vice-Presidents of the 77th session of the General Assembly.
The Secretary-General will also draw lots to determine which Member States will occupy the first seat in the GA Hall during the 77th session.
In the afternoon on Tuesday, the GA will consider the IMRF Progress Declaration. You will recall that the International Migration Review Forum approved by consensus the Progress Declaration on 20 May. On Tuesday, it will go before the General Assembly plenary.
On Wednesday, 8 June…
At 10AM ET, the General Assembly will convene a plenary meeting under the agenda item “Strengthening of the United Nations system.” This is the debate following the vetoes cast in the Security Council on 26 May under the agenda item “Non-proliferation/Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea.”
In the afternoon on Wednesday, the General Assembly will hold a debate related to the protracted conflicts in GUAM – Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova.
On Thursday, 9 June…
In the 10AM session, the General Assembly will elect the non-permanent members of the Security Council.
The General Assembly will also debate the 2021 Report of the Security Council.
In the afternoon session on Thursday, the General Assembly will hold a debate reported to HIV/AIDS. This will be the SG report that came out on 12 May of this year.
And then on Friday, 10 June…
In the morning, the General Assembly will elect members of the Economic and Social Council.
That will be followed by action on a draft resolution related to multilingualism.
BICYCLE DAY
And today is World Bicycle Day. In his message for the Day, President Shahid says bikes are essential in guarding our global environment and protecting our health.
Brolled video message at https://twitter.com/UN_PGA/status/1532747506328735744
QUESTIONS
The Spokesperson was asked for a list of speakers and any additional details about the Wednesday meeting on “Strengthening of the United Nations system.” The Spokesperson said that the speakers list would be made available on Tuesday evening.
The Spokesperson was asked who was running for the Presidency of the 77th session. The Spokesperson said that there was only one name at this time, Mr. Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary.
