{"id":258752,"date":"2022-02-21T17:02:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T22:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/?p=258752"},"modified":"2022-02-28T17:05:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T22:05:31","slug":"press-briefing-by-spokesperson-21-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/76\/2022\/02\/21\/press-briefing-by-spokesperson-21-february-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Briefing by Spokesperson \u2013 21 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>Underway in the General Assembly Hall today is the third Our Common Agenda consultation.<\/p>\n<p>The theme is \u201cFramework for a peaceful world \u2013 promoting peace, international law and digital cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The thematic consultation will follow the same format as the first and second clusters. The first day will consist of the plenary segment.<\/p>\n<p>The second day will feature two moderated panel discussions in the Trusteeship Council Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>This consultation is overseen by Belgium, as a Vice-President of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BILATERALS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right now, the President is meeting with Rebeca Grynspan of UNCTAD.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LANGUAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This afternoon, the President will take part in the virtual observance of International Mother Language Day.<\/p>\n<p>He will deliver a speech in Dhivehi.<\/p>\n<p>The event is organized by the Permanent Missions of Bangladesh, Bulgaria, El Salvador, Nigeria, Portugal to the United Nationsm, in collaboration with the UN Secretariat and the UNESCO<\/p>\n<p>You might have seen the video from the Office of PGA on social media: https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN_PGA\/status\/1495882344007446531<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UKRAINE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And I received questions this weekend and today about who would participate in the General Assembly meeting on Ukraine, to be held this Wednesday, 23 February.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is expected. As is Lord Ahmad, as the Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting will start at 10AM and likely run over into the 3PM session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Spokesperson was asked about President Putin\u2019s decision to possibly recognize the separatist eastern Ukrainian regions. 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