  {"id":122592,"date":"2017-09-28T14:17:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T18:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=122592\/"},"modified":"2018-06-18T19:27:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T23:27:20","slug":"highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-28-september-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2017\/09\/28\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-28-september-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of press briefing by spokesperson &#8211; 28 September 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#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<h1><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY BRENDEN VARMA,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>SPOKESPERSON FOR <\/strong><strong>GENERAL ASSEMBLY <\/strong><strong>PRESIDENT <\/strong><strong>MIROSLAV LAJ\u010c\u00c1K <\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-meta vcard\">\n<p><strong>United Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"updated\">28 September 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>HIGH-LEVEL HUMAN TRAFFICKING EVENT ENDS TODAY<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/event-latest\/global-plan-of-action-to-combat-trafficking-in-persons\/\">high-level meeting <\/a>of the General Assembly on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons wraps up today. Around 80 delegations are expected to speak today. Yesterday, there were statements by 21 delegations plus the Holy See. Those speakers included 1 Vice-President, 10 ministers and 4 Vice Ministers.<\/li>\n<li>The President will deliver closing remarks at around 5:30 p.m. today. Right before that, there will be summaries by the Chairs of the two interactive panel discussions that were held yesterday. Those Chairs are the Permanent Representatives of Belgium and Qatar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\nPRESIDENT CONTINUES CONSULTATIONS ON SECURITY COÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµCIL REFORM<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This morning the President met with the Co-Chairs of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform of the 71st session. Those co-chairs are the Permanent Representatives of Romania and Tunisia.<\/li>\n<li>The meeting was part of his general consultations on Security Council reform. The co-chairs shared their experiences over the past session.<\/li>\n<li>Asked about expected action and timelines for Security Council reform, the Spokesperson noted what the President had said in his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2017\/09\/26\/transcript-first-press-conference-by-the-president-of-the-general-assembly\/\">press briefing on 26 September<\/a>, namely that the intergovernmental process is fully in the hands of Member States and that the President is interested in meaningful progress and a credible process that Member States could believe in.<\/li>\n<li>The Spokesperson added that it was the President\u2019s responsibility to appoint the new IGN Chair or Co-chairs. However, there was no set timeline to do so. The President had met and would continue to meet with interested negotiating groups and Member States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\nTEAM OF EXTERNAL ADVISORS TO MEET IN NEW YORK ON 6 OCTOBER<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On the President\u2019s Team of External Advisors, the Spokesperson said that more information about the members had been posted on his office\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2017\/09\/26\/press-release-president-of-the-general-assembly-names-new-advisory-team\/\">web site<\/a>. The group\u2019s first meeting would take place in New York on 6 October. It would include all members of the team who were able to travel to New York at that time.<\/li>\n<li>The first meeting of the team would include a discussion on a wide range of global political issues, impressions of the General Assembly\u2019s recently concluded high-level week, the messages emanating from the General Debate and the international challenges ahead.<\/li>\n<li>The list presently consists of 15 eminent personalities from all Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ regional groups. But responses are still expected from some esteemed personalities. Thus, the list is not final and may be expanded at a later date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\nPRESIDENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE RULES<\/h3>\n<p>When asked about the financial disclosure of the President and whether it would be publicly available, the Spokesperson stressed that the President had complied with all requirements and submitted his financial disclosure before the required deadline. 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Information would be made available in line with the standard practices followed by other senior United Nations officials.\u00a0\u00b7 The President remained fully committed to transparency and would not do any less than what was required and expected.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;BrightCove Video ShortCode&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.6&#8243;]\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe width=\"&quot;100%&quot;\" height=\"&quot;180&quot;\" src scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights of press briefing by spokesperson Brenden Varma &#8211; 28 September 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spokespersons-briefings","et-doesnt-have-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>Highlights of press briefing by spokesperson - 28 September 2017 - 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\/28\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-28-september-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Highlights of press briefing by spokesperson - 28 September 2017 - General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Highlights of press briefing by spokesperson Brenden Varma - 28 September 2017\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2017\/09\/28\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-28-september-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-28T18:17:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-06-18T23:27:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katharina Kandt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katharina Kandt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/28\\\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-28-september-2017\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/28\\\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-28-september-2017\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Katharina Kandt\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/72\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06bf09e43d46846c087701ec99ac8412\"},\"headline\":\"Highlights of press briefing by spokesperson &#8211; 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