{"id":120142,"date":"2017-09-21T20:45:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T00:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=120142\/"},"modified":"2017-09-21T20:45:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T00:45:54","slug":"director-general-of-unesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2017\/09\/21\/director-general-of-unesco\/","title":{"rendered":"Director-General of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.69&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The President of the 72nd session of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k, met today with Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO). They discussed the process of intergovernmental negotiations on a global compact on safe, orderly and regular migration; implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); the Paris Agreement on climate change; sustaining peace; conflict prevention; migration; United Nations reform; and possible cooperation between the General Assembly and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO on the General Assembly\u2019s high-level event on sustaining peace, to take place in April 2018. Ms. Bokova invited the President of the General Assembly to attend the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO Leaders\u2019 Forum in Paris in October 2017.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting with the Director-General of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":120262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/h4><p>\u00a0<\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #00a8ff;\">President-elect of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly outlines priorities to Indian officials in New Delhi<\/span><\/h2><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>New Delhi, India,<em>\u00a028 August 2017\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 The President-elect of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k, today concluded a two-day visit to New Delhi. While in the Indian capital, he met with H.E. Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India; H.E. Ms. Sushma Swaraj, Minister for External Affairs of the Republic of India; H.E. Mr. M.J. Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs of the Republic of India; and the United Nations Country Team in India, headed by the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mr. Yuri Afanasiev.<\/strong><\/p><p>At the invitation of Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, President of the Governing Body and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries (RIS), the President-elect also met with a group of experts on the United Nations to exchange views on the overall work of the Organization and possibilities for its further improvement.<\/p><p>During his meeting with the Prime Minister, the President-elect outlined his priorities for the upcoming General Assembly session, including improving the lives of all people, preventing conflict, sustaining peace, addressing migration, advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, tackling climate change and promoting human rights. He thanked the Prime Minister for India\u2019s contribution to his office\u2019s trust fund and added, \u201cI have always believed in the United Nations. And I am counting on India\u2019s continued support to ensure that the Organization remains relevant and capable of helping the world to find solutions to current challenges.\u201d The two also discussed the fight against terrorism, poverty and youth radicalization, as well as the role of regional organizations in the international system.<\/p><p>Upon meeting the Minister for External Affairs, the President-elect thanked her for inviting him to visit India. Their talks then focused on Security Council reform, revitalization of the General Assembly, terrorism, the Sustainable Development Goals, migration, climate change, investing in youth and sustaining peace. On human rights in general, the President-elect stressed that the international agenda must remain overarching and non-politicised, especially since human rights violations were often the first indicator of impending conflict.<\/p><p>The President-elect was accompanied to India by his Chief of Staff, H.E. Mr. Franti\u0161ek Ru\u017ei\u010dka, and his Spokesperson, Mr. Brenden Varma. Travel costs were covered by the Government of India.<\/p><p>***<\/p><p><strong>For media inquiries, please contact:<\/strong><\/p><p>Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President-elect of the General Assembly, 1-212-963-7238, 1-917-818-9873, <a href=\"mailto:varmab@un.org\">varmab@un.org<\/a><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[69,325],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-readout","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Director-General of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO - General Assembly of the United Nations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2017\/09\/21\/director-general-of-unesco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Director-General of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO - 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