{"id":136487,"date":"2018-01-17T17:48:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T22:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=136487"},"modified":"2018-01-18T19:06:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T00:06:18","slug":"highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-17-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/01\/17\/highlights-of-press-briefing-by-spokesperson-17-january-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY SPOKESPERSON \u2013 17 JANUARY 2018"},"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;3.0.87&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#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\">17 January 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.87&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\"><b>PRESIDENT WELCOMES REPORTS OF JOINT KOREAN OLYMPIC TEAM<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\">In a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ_PGA\/status\/953654837668917248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0082bf;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\"><u>tweet<\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\">\u00a0this morning, the President said he was heartened by reports that Koreans from the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea would march together in the opening ceremony of the forthcoming Winter Olympics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\">He expressed the General Assembly\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/72\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0082bf;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\"><u>hope<\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\">\u00a0that Pyeongchang 2018 would foster an atmosphere of peace, development, tolerance and understanding on the Korean Peninsula and in North-East Asia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\"><b>PRESIDENT DISCUSSES GULF SITUATION WITH QATARI EMIR, PRAISES KUWAIT FOR HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\">The President is currently in Doha, Qatar.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Symbol;font-size: medium\">\u00b7\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\">Today he met with H.H. 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The President had also listened to views from Kuwait-based United Nations agencies, including about their needs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\"><b>PRESIDENT TO ATTEND WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;font-size: medium\">Asked if the President would attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Spokesperson said that he would. 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