{"id":257110,"date":"2022-02-03T13:35:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T18:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/?p=257110"},"modified":"2022-02-04T13:38:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:38:50","slug":"press-briefing-by-spokesperson-3-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/2022\/02\/03\/press-briefing-by-spokesperson-3-february-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Briefing by Spokesperson \u2013 3 February 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS BY PAULINA KUBIAK GREER,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>SPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ABDULLA SHAHID<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>United Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OUR COMMON AGENDA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would like to start today with the report of the Secretary-General entitle Our Common Agenda.<\/p>\n<p>In line with resolution 76\/6 of 15 November 2021, the President of the General Assembly would convene five \u201copen, inclusive, informal thematic consultations\u201d on Our Common Agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The first of these will be held next week, on 10 and 11 February.<\/p>\n<p>The theme is on accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, leaving no-one behind.<\/p>\n<p>The first day will be a full day for Member States and observers. Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres will also participate.<\/p>\n<p>The second day will feature two moderated panel discussions \u2013 one with senior officials from the United Nations system in the morning\u2026 and the second, in the afternoon, with relevant partners, including the private sector, youth, academia and civil society representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Both panel discussions will take place in the Trusteeship Council Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The first consultation will be chaired by the Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait, in his capacity as Vice-President of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice-President will prepare a summary as an outcome of the consultations. <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As I said, this will be the first of five consultations in coming weeks. Each will have a final summary report.<\/p>\n<p>I will update you regularly on this issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OLYMPICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuning to the Olympic Games\u2026 President Abdulla Shahid arrived today in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>He was greeted at the airport by the Deputy Foreign Minister of China.<\/p>\n<p>The President flew on the same flight from Seoul, as Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres and WHO\u2019s Dr. Tedros. Before you ask, I don\u2019t know what was discussed.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s after midnight now in Beijing. President Shahid\u2019s program will start tomorrow morning local time, when he will travel to the Olympic Forest Park for the torch relay.<\/p>\n<p>The President is in Beijing at the invitation of the International Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SINGAPORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>And following his visit to the Olympic Games, President Shahid will continue to Singapore, at the invitation of the Government.<\/p>\n<p>A focus of the visit will be on sustainable urban development.<\/p>\n<p>The President will meet with senior Government officials, as well as young women leaders who are taking part in sustainability initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>He will also visiy the Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development, which is a joint initiative by the Government of Singapore and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)<\/p>\n<p>The President will be in Singapore on 6<sup>th<\/sup> and 7<sup>th<\/sup> February. He will then return to New York. And you have a media advisory with more details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Spokesperson was asked for a comment ahead of the 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the US embargo against Cuba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS BY PAULINA KUBIAK GREER, SPOKESPERSON FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ABDULLA SHAHID United Nations Headquarters, New York OUR COMMON AGENDA I would like to start today with the 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